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Although media coverage and some scholars tend to cast natural resource shortages as leading inexorably toward armed conflict and war, the authors demonstrate that there are many examples of and mechanisms for more peaceful dispute resolution regarding natural resources, even in the face of water paucity and climate change.

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"The case studies exploring these mechanisms in practice are rich and diverse." Journal of Peace Research

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Debate on Climate Change and Water Security 2. Theory of Scarcity-Variability, Conflict, and Cooperation 3. Emergence of Cooperation under Scarcity and Variability 4. Institutions and the Stability of Cooperative Arrangements under Scarcity and Variability 5. Incentives to Cooperate: Political and Economic Instruments 6. Evidence: How Basin Riparian Countries Cope with Water Scarcity and Variability 7. Conclusion and Policy Implications Notes References Index

International Water Scarcity and Variability

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 8 November 2016
      ISBN-13 9780520292789
      978-0520292789
      ISBN-10 0520292782

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Although media coverage and some scholars tend to cast natural resource shortages as leading inexorably toward armed conflict and war, the authors demonstrate that there are many examples of and mechanisms for more peaceful dispute resolution regarding natural resources, even in the face of water paucity and climate change.

      Trade Review
      "The case studies exploring these mechanisms in practice are rich and diverse." Journal of Peace Research

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Debate on Climate Change and Water Security 2. Theory of Scarcity-Variability, Conflict, and Cooperation 3. Emergence of Cooperation under Scarcity and Variability 4. Institutions and the Stability of Cooperative Arrangements under Scarcity and Variability 5. Incentives to Cooperate: Political and Economic Instruments 6. Evidence: How Basin Riparian Countries Cope with Water Scarcity and Variability 7. Conclusion and Policy Implications Notes References Index

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