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Water Politics In The Tigris-Euphrates Basin
January 5th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of issues related to headwater management in the Tigris-Euphrates basin: Controlling the headwaters of the Tigris-Euphrates river basin gives Turkey leverage over its neighbors’ water security. Turkey has talked about utilizing its water resources since the country’s founding, but only since the mid-20th century has the government actively worked […]
Read more »Geopolitics Of The Brahmaputra-Ganges-Meghna River Basin
January 1st, 2015
Courtesy of On People, Rivers, and Migration, an interesting article on the geopolitics of the Brahmaputra-Ganges-Meghna River Basin: Figure 1: Map of Brahmaputra-Ganges-Meghna basin and countries’ hydro-strategic positions Figure 1 illustrates the regional areas covered by the Brahmaputra-Ganges-Meghna river basin. The area shaded light grey is the area covered by the Ganges river. Dark grey […]
Read more »Indonesia: Disjointed Islands Make Water Scarcity A Problem
December 29th, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting analysis of Indonesia’s water scarcity challenges: Indonesia is in a transitional period as new President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attempts to improve governance, fight corruption and centralize government regulations. Like his predecessors, however, Jokowi will struggle with the geographic constraints inherent to Indonesia. While Jakarta is poised to benefit from […]
Read more »Thirsty Agriculture: Water Source For California Almonds May Run Dry
December 28th, 2014
Courtesy of the New York Times, an interesting article on the water-food nexus in the United States: California’s almond orchards have been thriving over the past decade and now provide an $11 billion annual boost to the state economy. Covering 860,000 acres, they account for 80 percent of world production. But the growth coincides with […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Doubts As Giant Project’s Water Reaches Capital
December 28th, 2014
Via Terra Daily, a report on China’s South-North Water Diversion project: A towering dam in central China holds back a vast expanse of water destined to travel over 1,000 kilometres north to Beijing, but critics say it will only temporarily quench the city’s thirst. China’s capital on Saturday received its first flows from the South-North […]
Read more »South Africa’s Water Needs
December 26th, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of South Africa’s water needs & constraints: Over the coming decades, South Africa will face constraints associated with water availability that will have a broad impact on its economy and could temper economic growth. The water-intensive coal power production and mining sectors in particular will be impacted […]
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