Water Conflicts

"The case for transboundary water governance is easy enough to accept, but an adequate level of cooperation is extraordinarily difficult to achieve. This makes Zeitoun, Mirumachi, and Warner's critical analysis a must read for anyone concerned about the looming global water crisis and the frightening consequences of global warming." -- Danilo Türk, Former President of the Republic of Slovenia and Chairman of the Global High Level Panel on Water and Peace (2015-2017) "The authors of this volume placed political, social, and moral issues at the forefront of water governance studies. Well-meaning efforts toward transboundary water cooperation have often fizzled out throughout the world because of the premature pursuit of an overly technocratic approach. Without prior hydro-diplomacy capable of articulating underlying fears, scientific modeling alone achieves little. This book points negotiators and scholars in the right direction." -- Dipak Gyawali, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology and Former Minister of Water Resources "Everyone speaks about water conflicts. This book is about their transformation. Mark Zeitoun, Naho Mirumachi, and Jeroen Warner offer a hands-on transformative analysis approach that takes the reader on an eye-opening journey from understanding the manifold layers of water conflict to identifying innovative resolution pathways for change. A must read for all those who care about equitable and sustainable transboundary water governance." -- Eileen Hofstetter, TheBluePeace.org