Design and impact of water treaties: Managing climate change

ISBN-13: 9783642237423 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 214 str.

Matthew Zentner

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Literature Review.- Hypotheses, Definitions, and Explanatory Mechanisms.- Data and Methods: Treaties, Power, Scarcity, and Conflict.- Results.- Case Studies-Application of the Results.- Conclusions.

O autorze

Master of Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University

National Science Foundation Fellowship. Project: “Analysis of the clc Element of Pseudomonas sp. Strain B13 and the Use of Burkolderia sp. RP037 as a Biosensor for Phenanthrene Biodegradation.”

Master of Science, Geology, Brigham Young University. Thesis “Timing and Mechanisms of Groundwater Recharge in a Mountainous Setting.”

Bachelor of Science, Geology, Brigham Young University