Downstream egypt and the sudan are arid but benefit from a notional total use of the flowing surface waters. First, the water endowments and use are asymmetrical. The case of ethiopia and egypt joel okundi obengo abstract this article analyses the political relationship between ethiopia and egypt. The main nile riverine states involved in the conflict are egypt, sudan and ethiopia. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Hydropolitics of the nile valley by waterbury, john. Water sharing in the nile river valley unepdewagridgeneva dr i abstract the issue of freshwater is one of highest priority for the united nations environment programme unep. In the past, tensions were muted by several factors. Youth when it first starts out, a river is still small and narrow, a mountain spring whose waters run quickly downwards towards the valley.
Elhances definition of hydropolitics is the systematic study of conflict and cooperation between states over water. Challenges and new investments earthscan studies in water resource management. Hydropolitics of the nile river 31 tanzania have shared longterm tension over their primary water source the nile river. Professor, statistic department, yildiz technical university, turkey mehmet samil gunes researcher at hydro politics association in ankara, turkey abstract. In the 1929 nile treaty between britain and its egyptian. Protestors gathered in front of the ethiopian embassy. The blue nile and white nile merge near khartoum in sudan and flow northwards, mostly through desert into egypt. As a result, egyptian authorities have adopted a policy of moving people out of the old valley towards new reclaimed lands in the desert, wherein new agricultural. An attempt is made to examine the ongoing political and economic changes in the upstream countries as well as in sudan and on how these dynamics might affect and challenge both the regional balance of power and the ongoing issue of hydro politics. West nile virus wnv is an emerging mosquitoborne rna virus of global significance that can infect the central nervous system cns of various host species and cause severe neurological disease. Egypt, nile river regulation, nile river valley politics and government, nile, nil fleuve. This era can be called the bilateral period as it is dominated by. Water politics wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Egypt, ethiopia and the nile a look at the ongoing dispute over the grand ethiopian renaissance dam and its impact on the.
Hydropolitics of the nile valley contemporary issues in the middle east hardcover december 1, 1979 by john waterbury author visit amazons john waterbury page. Hydrology and hydropolitics 4000 cubic kilometersyear 70 % irrigation 20 % manufacturing. Population growth, poverty, ecosystem degradation and water scarcity are serious threats to political stability in the nile basin nations. Horses and humans are regarded as deadend hosts while. Hydropolitics and regional stability in the nile basin. The nile can not be an exception to this general law of international rivers. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. The nile river basin water, agriculture, governance and livelihoods the nile is the worlds longest river and sustains the livelihoods of millions of people across ten countries in africa. The study will discuss the crisis of ligitimate and aquired water rights and illustrates the differences between the countries of origin and those of estuary. Salman member, iwra as a result of the choice of the people of southern sudan for secession during the january 2011 referendum, a number of dif.
The land here is sloping, often steep, and does not allow the river to create an alternative course. Aaron tesfaye william paterson university, wayne, nj. Egyptian protests, ethiopian dams, and the hydropolitics. Water politics, sometimes called hydropolitics, is politics affected by the availability of water and water resources, a necessity for all life forms and human development. The nile river is subject to political interactions. It is the worlds longest river flowing 6,700 kilometers through ten countries in northeastern africa rwanda, burundi, democratic republic of the congo drc, tanzania, kenya, uganda, ethiopia, south sudan, sudan and egypt with varying climates considering the basin area of the nile, sudan has the largest size 1. The wadi passes through gharb darfur near the northern border with chad and meets.
Grand renaissance dam dursun yildiz director of hydro politics association, ankara, turkey dogan yildiz assist. This agreement claims to announce the rights of upper riparian states to use the waters of the nile. Click download or read online button to get the hydropolitics of dams book now. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The water conflict in the nile valley watersexpert. Ethiopia is now diverting the river in preparation for construction, angering many egyptians, whose country is heavily dependent on the nile flow. The african continent, while contributing least to greenhouse gas ghg emissions, is most vulnerable and will be hit hardest by the. Jordan jordan is 80 percent desert and ranks among the nations with the scarcest. Challenges and new investments earthscan studies in water resource management sandstrom, emil, jagerskog, anders, oestigaard, terje on. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. A cryptic hydropolitical history of the nile basin for students of hydropolitics. The nile river water quality and its bed sediments were studied for two successive years 2011 and 2012 at ten sites along the nile river from aswan to assiut during low and high flow conditions. In may 2010, upper riparian states reinforced this statement by opening the nile basin cooperative framework agreement for signature.
The new state of south sudan and the hydropolitics of the. Nile watershydrological cooperation vs hydropolitics. The teleology of water scarcity and conflict is refuted, with the discourse of cooperation providing the main backdrop to the chapter. Environmental issues and the hydro politics of the eastern nile basin. The first use of the term, hydropolitics, came in the book hydropolitics of the nile valley. Most of egypts cities and population lie along the nile valley, north of aswan and most of its cultural and historical sites lie along the banks ofthe river. The hydropolitics of the nile river basin springerlink. Central issues raised include the aspect of scale, not only in terms of actual numbers, but also in terms of political complexity. It provides fresh water not only for domestic and industrial use,but also. The eight upstream riparians provide all the surface water in the basin but they make negligible use of these surface waters. Unfortunately, hydropolitics has taken the front seat in the inter play of forces. The nile basin initiative nbi is an intergovernmental partnership of ten nile riparian countries that is seeking to manage and develop the common nile water resources in a cooperative manner and promote regional peace and security. This chapter examines the nile and okavango basins in a comparative manner.
The book offers a concise introduction to the politics of international water basins as well as the various points of contention among the riparian states in the wider nile basin. Nile river basin the international water management. The new state of south sudan and the hydropolitics of the nile basin salman m. Chapter three hydropolitics and water security in the nile. South sudan and the hydropolitics of the nile basin may 7th, 2011. Zoonotic transmission of wnv occurs between avian hosts and ornithophilic mosquito vectors 64, 141. The nile basin by its size, political divisions and history constitutes a major freshwaterrelated environmental resource and focus of attention. Via water international, a detailed look at issues related to the sharing and management of the waters of the nile river, the conservation and use of the waters of the huge swamps of southern sudan, and the relationship with the other nile riparians faced by the new state of south sudan faces in connection. The worlds longest river, which flows northwards and crisscrosses eleven countries, has been a particular point of tension between egypt and ethiopia for a long time. Water struggles in the nile basin have recently intensified as egyptian nationalists denounce ethiopias building of the grand renaissance dam on the blue nile, the rivers largest tributary. Hydropolitics and water security in the nile and jordan river basins sea dumont 2009, 121.
The concept of hydropolitics the geopolitics of water first emerges in a book in 1979 waterbury, 1979. All upstream riparians in the nile basin, including the. Needless to say, without the water of nile, egypt is totally a vast desert land 98% of the total land except small. The latest egyptian hydropolitics with respect to the nile is the new valley project where 415,000 acres at abu simbel and its environs will be irrigated and finished by the year 2001 and allow at least 7 million egyptians a new home. Egypt claims that it has historical and natural rights on the river and will be governed by the hydropolitical doctrines of primary need, prior use and acquired water rights. The hydro politics of nile, past, present and future. Nbi climate change strategy 1 nbi climate change strategy 1. In the 1990s and 2000s the concept was further detailed but rare definitions were. West nile virus and its emergence in the united states of. Geopolitics of the eastern nile basin 81 introduction 81. The book includes analysis and approaches that will help provide different insights into the hydrology of this complex basin, which. It aims to provide an analytical framework to unpack this complex relationship and assess the impacts that the nile river has on. Hydropolitics of the nile valley contemporary issues in.
Environmental issues and the hydropolitics of the eastern. The hydropolitics of dams download ebook pdf, epub. Conflict and cooperation in a transboundary watercourse by. Hydrology and hydropolitics portland state university. This study deals with the current and the potential future conflict about the water crisis between countries of the nile valley, which could escalate even more fiercely during the next 20 years. The nile ends in a large delta that empties into the mediterranean sea. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the hydrology of the nile river, especially the ecohydrological degradation and challenges the basin is facing, the impact of climate change on water availability and the transboundary water management issues. Slope of the nile from lake victoria to the mediterra.
An act to confer legal status in uganda on the nile basin initiative, and otherwise give the force of law in uganda to the signed agreed minute no. New york tadias hydropolitics flare up is not new to africas nile basin region. I just finished reading john waterburys the nile basin. The nile basin is characterised by a number of asymmetries. The nile basin initiative act food and agriculture.
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