Introduction -- Economic conceptualization of international water management problems -- Legal perspectives on institutional design -- Empirical evidence of international water management institutions -- The role of the problem structure for institutional design and cooperation -- The role of...

Origins : conceptualization, implementation, and evolution of an interdisciplinary graduate program on water diplomacy / Shafiqul Islam, Kent Portney, Michael Reed, Timothy Griffin, and William Moomaw -- Making distinctions : the importance of recognizing complexity in coupled natural and human...

"The prospect of international conflict over water has long been the subject of academic and popular concern, but sub-national political conflict is considerably more common, and almost certainly imposes greater economic and environmental costs. Indeed, sub-national hydropolitics are an...

With two thirds of the earth's surface covered by water and the human body consisting of 75 percent of it, water is one of the prime elements responsible for life on earth. All plants and animals must have water to survive. If there was no water there would be no life on earth. Water is also...

Trans-boundary water resources are often a cause of conflict among riparian entities. Increasing demand for water resources and deterioration of existing water sources underscore the need to resolve conflicts over the allocation of consumption and pollution rights among conflicting uses and...

Large-scale land acquisitions have become one of the most talked about and contentious topics amongst those studying, working in or writing about Africa. Some have welcomed this trend as a bearer of new livelihood opportunities. Others have countered by pointing to negative social impacts....