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Central Asia’s Troubled Waters: Resource Allocation Stokes Tensions
January 30th, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at tensions arising from Central Asia’s water stress: An undated file photo shows abandoned ships sitting on the sand, where the Aral Sea retreated, near the Kazakh city of Aralsk. Summary The decline of the Aral Sea over the past 50 years is one of the most […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Increasing Signs Of Crisis In India’s Water Sector in 2013
January 18th, 2014
Via the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers, and People, a summary look at water issues facing India at the end of 2013: Year-end provides a wonderful opportunity for us to take stock of siatuations. If we look at India’s water sector, the above-average rainfall in 2013 monsoon would mean good agricultural production. But the […]
Read more »Offshore Fresh Groundwater Reserves: A Global Phenomenon or Conflict Trigger?
January 14th, 2014
Via Third Pole, an interesting report on a recently discovered new sources of freshwater under the sea that could sustain thirsty megacities like Shanghai for thousands of years, but that could also trigger conflict between countries in the future: Scientists have discovered potentially vast undersea reserves of groundwater, close to many coastlines around the world, […]
Read more »Disagreement Persists on Ethiopia’s Planned Dam
January 6th, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at the latest disagreement over Ethiopia’s planned Nile dam: The latest round of negotiations among Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt over Ethiopia’s planned Grand Renaissance Dam ended on Jan. 5 without the three sides reaching an agreement about how Egypt’s concerns would be addressed. Ethiopia is planning to […]
Read more »Israel’s Water Challenge
January 4th, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at Israel’s water related issues: Filters at the Ashkelon seawater reverse osmosis plant south of Tel Aviv in 2008. Summary Israel’s successful efforts to increase water security will lessen one of the country’s geographical constraints. But new sources of water are more energy intensive, and this could […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Trans-Boundary Water Resources And Uneven Development In Contemporary India
December 14th, 2013
Via Taylor & Francis Online, a detailed look at the already divisive politics of South Asia’s trans-boundary water resources which are further complicated by the rush to construct large- and medium-scale dams in India today: Crisis has many different meanings associated with it, both theoretically and in the particular context of India’s political economy. 1 […]
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