Water Wars

“Water Wars” — Géopolitique et sécurité des ressources en eau
Luttes entre Etats pour le partage des eaux fluviales (freshwater) en Asie

Francis Zimmermann

1 / Numéro thématique du Geographical Journal

The Geographical Journal
Vol. 168, No. 4, Dec., 2002
Water Wars? Geographical Perspectives

giordano_wolf_waterConflict.pdf — Meredith Giordano, Mark Giordano, Aaron Wolf, The Geography of Water Conflict and Cooperation: Internal Pressures and International Manifestations, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 168, No. 4, Water Wars? Geographical Perspectives, (Dec., 2002), pp. 293-312.

alam_waterWars_indus.pdf — Undala Z. Alam, Questioning the Water Wars Rationale: A Case Study of the Indus Waters Treaty, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 168, No. 4, Water Wars? Geographical Perspectives, (Dec., 2002), pp. 341-353.

Using the extensive negotiations leading up to the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan and coining the useful term, 'water rationality', Alam argues that water is too important a resource to fight over and shows in detail how that fact kept the two sides at the negotiating table despite tremendous tensions. One might note too that the agreement has proved tremendously resilient over time, surviving two subsequent wars between the two nations, and innumerable periods of tensions.

Compléter par:

sahni_indusWaters_treaty.pdf — Hamir K. Sahni, The Politics of Water in South Asia: The Case of the Indus Waters Treaty, SAIS Review, vol. 26, no. 2 (Summer–Fall 2006), pp. 153—165.

jacobs_mekong.pdf — Jeffrey W. Jacobs, The Mekong River Commission: Transboundary Water Resources Planning and Regional Security, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 168, No. 4, Water Wars? Geographical Perspectives, (Dec., 2002), pp. 354-364.

Institutional resilience need not require engineering projects, as is shown along the Mekong River, the case study presented by Jeff Jacobs. While the Mekong Committee was formed in 1957, it is the latest manifestation of transboundary management — the Mekong Commission, established by treaty in 1995 — which is the focus of the paper. Jacobs describes the evolution of the Commission, adapting over time for changing political realities and increasing environmental awareness, and presents its most recent work plan. In its latest manifestation, Jacobs argues, the Commission has gone from a focus on project implementation, to one of integrated management.

Je n'ai pas pu consulter:

Menniken, Timo, China's Performance in International Resource Politics: Lessons from the Mekong, Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs, Volume 29, Number 1, April 2007, pp. 97-120.

Against the backdrop of population and economic growth China's water resources are getting scarcer. Uneven regional distribution and increasing pollution further reduce the locally available resources. Domestic measures applied to tackle the problems deriving from this scarcity produce international effects, giving rise to the apprehension that China will have to quench its thirst by increasingly exploiting sources that do not stem from or remain within its own territory. China's performance in international negotiations over water as well as in the regional Mekong regime reveals that to China transboundary cooperation is more a strategic option than a normative commitment.

2 / Barrages sur la Narmada: Un dossier canonique

fisher_narmada.pdf — William Fisher, Sacred Rivers, Sacred Dams: Competing Visions of Social Justice and Sustainable Development along the Narmada, dans Christopher Key Chapple and Mary Evelyn Tucker (Edited by), Hinduism and Ecology. The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 401-421.

Narmada: A history of controversy [PDF]

http://www.narmada.org/index.html

3 / Géopolitique et sécurité des ressources en eau

Certes, les experts ne parlent pas de Violence (concept philosophique à connotations éthiques et religieuses), mais ils parlent de Sécurité. Il nous revient d'analyser les réductions, les distorsions, les appropriations par lesquelles la problématique de la violence appliquée à l'appropriation des ressources en Eau donne naissance à une problématique de la «sécurité régionale» sous la plume des experts.

Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada (Edited by), Appraising Sustainable Development. Water Management and Environmental Challenges (Third World Centre for Water Management, Atizapan, Mexico), New Delhi: Oxford University Press (India), 2005.

iyer_security.pdf — Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Water. Perspectives, Issues, Concerns, New Delhi, Sage, 2003, section IV “The Language of Security: 17. Scarce Natural Resources and the Language of Security; 18. Water and Security in South Asia,” pp. 197-215.


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“Water Wars” — Géopolitique et sécurité des ressources en eau Luttes entre Etats pour le partage des eaux fluviales (freshwater) en Asie Francis Zimmermann 1 / Numéro thématique du Geographical Journal The Geographical Journal Vol. 168, No. 4, Dec., 2002 Water Wars? Geographical Perspectives giordano_wolf_waterConflict.pdf — Meredith Giordano, Mark Giordano, Aaron Wolf, The Geography of Water Conflict and Cooperation: Internal Pressures and International Manifestations, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 168, No. 4, Water Wars? Geographical Perspectives, (Dec., 2002), pp. 293-312. alam_waterWars_indus.pdf — Undala Z. Alam, Questioning the Water Wars Rationale: A Case Study of the Indus Waters Treaty, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 168, No. 4, Water Wars? Geographical Perspectives, (Dec., 2002), pp. 341-353. Using the extensive negotiations leading up to the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan and coining the useful term, 'water rationality', Alam argues that water is too important a resource to fight over and shows in detail how that fact kept the two sides at the negotiating table despite tremendous tensions. One might note too that the agreement has proved tremendously resilient over time, surviving two subsequent wars between the two nations, and innumerable periods of tensions. Compléter par: sahni_indusWaters_treaty.pdf — Hamir K. Sahni, The Politics of Water in South Asia: The Case of the Indus Waters Treaty, SAIS Review, vol. 26, no. 2 (Summer–Fall 2006), pp. 153—165. jacobs_mekong.pdf — Jeffrey W. Jacobs, The Mekong River Commission: Transboundary Water Resources Planning and Regional Security, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 168, No. 4, Water Wars? Geographical Perspectives, (Dec., 2002), pp. 354-364. Institutional resilience need not require engineering projects, as is shown along the Mekong River, the case study presented by Jeff Jacobs. While the Mekong Committee was formed in 1957, it is the latest manifestation of transboundary management — the Mekong Commission, established by treaty in 1995 — which is the focus of the paper. Jacobs describes the evolution of the Commission, adapting over time for changing political realities and increasing environmental awareness, and presents its most recent work plan. In its latest manifestation, Jacobs argues, the Commission has gone from a focus on project implementation, to one of integrated management. Je n'ai pas pu consulter: Menniken, Timo, China's Performance in International Resource Politics: Lessons from the Mekong, Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs, Volume 29, Number 1, April 2007, pp. 97-120. Against the backdrop of population and economic growth China's water resources are getting scarcer. Uneven regional distribution and increasing pollution further reduce the locally available resources. Domestic measures applied to tackle the problems deriving from this scarcity produce international effects, giving rise to the apprehension that China will have to quench its thirst by increasingly exploiting sources that do not stem from or remain within its own territory. China's performance in international negotiations over water as well as in the regional Mekong regime reveals that to China transboundary cooperation is more a strategic option than a normative commitment. 2 / Barrages sur la Narmada: Un dossier canonique fisher_narmada.pdf — William Fisher, Sacred Rivers, Sacred Dams: Competing Visions of Social Justice and Sustainable Development along the Narmada, dans Christopher Key Chapple and Mary Evelyn Tucker (Edited by), Hinduism and Ecology. The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 401-421. Narmada: A history of controversy [PDF] http://www.narmada.org/index.html 3 / Géopolitique et sécurité des ressources en eau Certes, les experts ne parlent pas de Violence (concept philosophique à connotations éthiques et religieuses), mais ils parlent de Sécurité. Il nous revient d'analyser les réductions, les distorsions, les appropriations par lesquelles la problématique de la violence appliquée à l'appropriation des ressources en Eau donne naissance à une problématique de la «sécurité régionale» sous la plume des experts. Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada (Edited by), Appraising Sustainable Development. Water Management and Environmental Challenges (Third World Centre for Water Management, Atizapan, Mexico), New Delhi: Oxford University Press (India), 2005. iyer_security.pdf — Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Water. Perspectives, Issues, Concerns, New Delhi, Sage, 2003, section IV “The Language of Security: 17. Scarce Natural Resources and the Language of Security; 18. Water and Security in South Asia,” pp. 197-215.