Management of Transboundary Water Resources under Scarcity: A Multidisciplinary Approach

382 Pages·2017·22.053 MB·English

by  Ariel Dinar, Yacov Tsur

Management of
Transboundary
Water Resources
under Scarcity
A Multidisciplinary Approach

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Management of
Transboundary
Water Resources
under Scarcity
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Edited by
Ariel Dinar
(University of California, Riverside)
Yacov Tsur
(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Dinar, Ariel, 1947– editor. | Tsur, Yacov, editor.
Title: Management of transboundary water resources under scarcity :
a multidisciplinary approach / edited by Ariel Dinar, Yacov Tsur.
Description: New Jersey : World Scientific, 2017. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016049468 | ISBN 9789814740043 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Water-supply--Management.
Classification: LCC TD345 .M23 2017 | DDC 333.91--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016049468
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Foreword xi
Aaron Wolf
About the Editors xvii
About the Contributors xix
Introduction and Conclusion xxv
Ariel Dinar and Yacov Tsur
Part I Economic, Institutional, and Technological
Aspects in Management of Transboundary
Water Under Scarcity 1
Chapter 1. Closing the (Widening) Gap Between
Natural Water Resources and Water
Needs in the Jordan River Basin:
A Long-Term Perspective 3
Yacov Tsur

Chapter 2. Exploring Benefits and Scope
of Cooperation in Transboundary
Water Sharing in the Amu Darya Basin 35
Anik Bhaduri and Maksud Bekchanov
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vi Contents
Chapter 3. Distributional Impacts of Welfare
Allocations from Damming the Nile River 65
Getachew Nigatu and Ariel Dinar
Chapter 4. Issue Linkage: A Mechanism
for Managing Conflict, Applied
to the Mekong Basin 91
Kim Hang Pham Do and Ariel Dinar
Part II Water Treaty Models 115
Chapter 5. Proposed International Legal
and Institutional Framework for
Conjunctive Management of Surface
and Groundwater along the US–Mexico
Border Region 117
Mar´ıa E. Milan´es Murcia
Chapter 6. A New Paradigm for Transboundary
Water Agreements: The Opportunity
for Israel and Palestine 159
David B. Brooks and Julie Trottier
Part III Managing and Valuing Water 189
Chapter 7. Disputes Over International
Watercourses: Can River Basin
Organizations Make a Difference? 191
Sabine Blumstein and Susanne Schmeier

Chapter 8. Transboundary Water Management
Along the Tagus River Basin in the
Iberian Peninsula: Sustainable Water
Allocation of the Aqueduct Tagus-Segura 237
Mar´ıa E. Milan´es Murcia
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Contents vii
Chapter 9. Institutional Settings in Transboundary
Water Management: Lessons from the
Fergana Valley and the Lower Jordan Basin 277
Christine Bismuth and Bernd Hansju¨rgens
Chapter 10. Regional Cooperation in River Basin
Rehabilitation: Estimating Economic
Benefits of Alternatives for Jordan River
Restoration 301
Nir Becker and David Katz
Index 335
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to acknowledge the financial and in-kind support
from several organizations that helped us organize the conference
(http://transboundaryconf.wix.com/transboundary-water) leading
to this book: The Center for Agricultural Economic Research; The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem R&D Fund; The Robert H. Smith
Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew Univer-
sity of Jerusalem; The Lady Davis Fellowship Trust; LIDM Software
Systems; The School of Public Policy, University of California,
Riverside; and Keren Kayemet Le’Israel (Jewish National Fund).
And last but not least, we are indebted to Omri Hason who
supported the organization of the conference and the review process.

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