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Water Security
Four Volume Set
Edited by:
- Anders Jägerskog - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Embassy of Sweden, Jordan
- Ashok Swain
- Joakim Öjendal
October 2014 | 1 344 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
During the past two decades, environmental security and more specifically the security of water as a natural resource has come to the forefront of research and discussion. Many regions have experienced an increased water scarcity due to climatic variability and climate change, and the uncertain impacts of climate change to the supply has brought the issue to the centre of political debates. Indeed it has been raised by both the EU and the US national governments as a major issue of concern globally and has also been highlighted by the Security Council of the UN. The four volumes of this collection seek to broadly outline the debate as it has developed, both from a policy as well as an academic perspective, with the aim to bring conceptual clarity as well as provide an account of how the water security discourse has emerged and developed.
Volume One: Water Security - Origin and foundations
Volume Two: Water Security - International conflict and cooperation
Volume Three. Water Security and Development - An intimate relation
Volume Four: The Age of Water Security - Current dilemmas and future challenges
VOLUME ONE: WATER SCARCITY EMERGING
Úrsula Oswald Spring and Hans Günter Brauch
Malin Falkenmark
Malin Falkenmark and Johan Rockström
Claudia Pahl-Wostl
I. Shiklomanov
Jan Lundqvist
Ashok Swain
Peter Gleick
Taikan Oki and Shinjiro Kanae
Sandra Postel
Charles Vörösmarty et al.
Jacob Burke, Claude Sauveplane and Marcus Moench
P.C.D. Milly et al.
Malin Falkenmark
J. Lundqvist, C. de Fraiture and D. Molden
Peter Rogers
VOLUME TWO: WATER WARS AND WATER COOPERATION
John Cooley
Joyce Starr
Helga Haftendorn
Ashok Swain
Erik Mostert
Karin Bencala and Geoffrey Dabelko
Neda Zawahri
Mark Zeitoun and Jeroen Warner
Frederick Frey
Mark Zeitoun and Naho Mirumachi
Stephen McCaffrey
Aaron Wolf
Claudia Sadoff and David Grey
David Kreamer
Dan Tarlock and Patricia Wouters
VOLUME THREE: WATER SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENTS
Allerd Stikker and Dorota Juchniewicz
Jeremy Allouche
David Bradley and Jamie Bartram
John Briscoe
Alfred Duda and Mohamed El-Ashry
Peter Gleick
Munir A. Hanjra and M. Ejaz Qureshi
Robert Hope and Michael Rouse
Jonathan Lautze and Herath Manthrithilake
U. Lele, M. Klousia-Marquis and S. Goswami
François Molle
Mark Rosegrant, Ximing Cai and Sarah Cline
Shahbaz Mushtaqa, Tek Narayan Marasenia, Jerry Maroulisa and Mohsin Hafeezb
Mara Tignino
Mark Zeitoun
VOLUME FOUR: GLOBAL WATER CRISIS AND BEYOND
Peter Rogers
Janos Bogardi et al.
Malin Falkenmark
Elena Lopez-Gunn and Manuel Ramón Llamas
Xueliang Cai et al.
J. Allan
Andrew Biro
Philip Woodhouse
Salman M.A. Salman
Alena Drieschova, Mark Giordano and Itay Fishhendler
Heather Cooley and Peter Gleick
Ashok Swain
Ken Conca, Fengshi Wu and Ciqi Mei
Claudia Pahl-Wosti, Joyeeta Gupta and Daniel Petry
Christina Cook and Karen Bakker
"This volume represents a serious and ground-breaking attempt to compile a volume of articles covering the key area of water security. The work by Professors Jägerskog, Swain and Öjendal provides us with a much needed selection of seminal articles that will be of substantial use for anyone wanting to understand the relationship between water and security. These major works can serve as insights into water as a source of conflict - but, equally, as a source and catalyst for cooperation "
Deputy-Secretary-General of the United Nations
“Over the past decades water gained attention in political debates as a resource at the core of intricate interdependencies among the world’s economies, societies, politics, and ecology. It is this complex picture that UNESCO addresses since the 60s in supporting its Member States to better understand and manage their water resources to the benefit of their peoples. This is also the lesson I draw from this outstanding work by Professors Jägerskog, Swain and Öjendal. These volumes are not only an original contribution to the Organization’s mandate; they also constitute a direct input for policy makers and point out that water security is vital for peace and development, highlighting what must be done to make it a reality for all”
Director-General of UNESCO