Conflict and Cooperation in the Water-Security Nexus: A Global Comparative Analysis of River Basins under Climate Change
Publisher: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water
Author(s): P. Michael Link, Jürgen Scheffran, and Tobias Ide
Date: 2016
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Causes, Cooperation, Dispute Resolution/Mediation, Renewable Resources
Countries: Armenia, Cote d'Ivoire, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala
The review assesses the scientific literature on conflict and cooperation in transboundary river systems with a special focus on climate change. Afterwards, an analytical framework of the water-security nexus is developed that integrates the physical and socioeconomic pathways connecting water availability with conflict or cooperation. This framework is subsequently applied to two transboundary river basins—the Nile River and the Syr Darya/Amu Darya—as they represent two world regions that could become future water hot spots.