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Summary:

"This pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing global water crunch on international peace and security as well as possible ways to mitigate the crisis. Although water is essential to sustaining life and livelihoods, geostrategist Brahma Chellaney argues that it remains the world's most underappreciated and undervalued resource. One sobering fact is that the retail price of bottled water is already higher than the international spot price of crude oil. But unlike oil, water has no substitute, raising the specter of water becoming the next flashpoint for conflict. Water war as a concept may not mesh with the conventional construct of warfare, especially for those who plan with tanks, combat planes, and attack submarines as weapons. Yet armies don't necessarily have to march to battle to seize or defend water resources. Water wars--in a political, diplomatic, or economic sense--are already being waged between riparian neighbors in many parts of the world, fueling cycles of bitter recrimination, exacerbating water challenges, and fostering mistrust that impedes broader regional cooperation and integration. The danger is that these water wars could escalate to armed conflict or further limit already stretched food and energy production." --Publisher's website.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: our most-precious resource under threat
• The specter of water wars
• The power of water
• The future of water
• The changing water cooperation, competition, and conflict
• Shaping water for peace and profit
• Appendixes
• A: Web links to international water norms
• B: Genuine intercountry water-sharing treaties currently in effect
• Notes
• Glossary
• Index
• About the author.

Author/Creator:

Chellaney, Brahma , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Water, peace, and war: confronting the global water crisis [by Chellaney, B.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Water, peace, and war [by Chellaney, B.] (Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2013 — ISBN 9781442221390; LCCN 2012050091; OCLC Number 816030346)

Subjects:

Water resources development

Water-supply — Political aspects

Globalization — Economic aspects

Water-supply

Globalization

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-355) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 400 pages) : illustations, maps

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HD1691 .C44 2013eb

ISBNs:

9781442221406 (electronic bk.)
1442221402 (electronic bk.)
9781442221390 (hbk, alk. paper) [Invalid]
1442221399 (hbk, alk. paper) [Invalid]
9781442249288
1442249285

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2012050091

OCLC Numbers:

836848784

Other Control Numbers:

960190 (source: EbpS)