Design and impact of water treaties: Managing climate change by Matthew Zentner
English | 2011 | ISBN: 3642237428 | 198 pages | PDF | 4,3 MB
English | 2011 | ISBN: 3642237428 | 198 pages | PDF | 4,3 MB
This study presents a unique way to utilize the existing literature to explain the success of treaties in managing hydrologic stress. Literature-derived core concepts are summarized as seven treaty mechanisms categories (specificity, uncertainty management, enforcement, communications, flexibility, integrativeness, and scale) and are hypothesized as important for shaping the institutional resiliency of a treaty. Treaty design is shown to have a relevant and important role in shaping basin management so that nations may better achieve their goals in a changing climate.