Research Catalog

Title

The Nile question : hydropolitics, legal wrangling, modus vivendi and perspectives / Tesfaye Tafesse.

Author

Tesfaye Tafesse.

Publication

Münster ; London : Lit ; Piscataway, NJ : Distributed in North America by Transaction Pub., 2001.

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Details

Description

xvi, 145 pages : maps; 21 cm.

Series Statement

Geographie ; Bd. 11

Uniform Title

Geographie (Münster in Westfalen, Germany) ; Bd. 11.

Subject

• Water resources development > Political aspects > Nile River Watershed
• Water-supply > Political aspects > Nile River Watershed
• Diplomatic relations
• Water resources development > Political aspects
• Water-supply > Political aspects
• Africa
• Nile River
• International watercourses
• Shared natural resources
• Water
• Ethiopia > Foreign relations > Egypt
• Egypt > Foreign relations > Ethiopia
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Nile River Watershed

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-145) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction and Overview -- 2. Water Geopolitics in the Third World: A Synopsis -- 3. Hydrographic Setting of the Nile -- 4. Hydraulic Works on the Nile. Within the Basin. Out-of-Basin Transfers -- 5. The Hydropolitical History of the Nile Basin -- 6. Legal Agreements on Nile Water Utilization -- 7. The Hydropolitical Positions of the Nile Riparian States. Egypt's 'Water Security' Policy. Sudan's Hydropolitical dilemma. Ethiopia's Catch-22 Situation. Complacency of the White Nile Riparian States -- 8. Moves Towards Cooperation and Institution Building: Breaking the Stalemate? -- 9. Plausible Solution Scenarios -- 10. Summary and Conclusions.

ISBN

• 3825856305
• 9783825856304

LCCN

2006365690

OCLC

• ocm49238102
• 49238102
• SCSB-1266952

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library