Journal articles: 'Transboundary water governance'

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Williams, Jessica. "Stagnant Rivers: Transboundary Water Security in South and Southeast Asia." Water 10, no. 12 (2018): 1819. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w10121819.

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Transboundary rivers are increasingly difficult to govern and often involve issues of national security, territoriality, and competition. In developing countries, the management and governance of these rivers is dominated by a particular decision making group, often comprised of politicians, bureaucrats, and engineers. These groups perpetrate a technocratic paradigm towards the management of transboundary water, with limited genuine international cooperation. The transboundary water situation in South and Southeast Asia is becoming increasingly fraught as the geopolitical context is changing due to China’s increased involvement in regional issues and climate change. With over 780 million people dependent on these rivers, their governance is vital to regional and international stability. Yet, the technocratic management of transboundary rivers persists and is likely to become increasingly unsustainable and inequitable. A discourse-based approach is applied to consider transboundary water governance in the shifting South and Southeast Asian context. The result is an alternative perspective of why governance approaches on transboundary rivers have resisted meaningful reform.

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Varady, Robert G., Tamee R. Albrecht, Sayanangshu Modak, Margaret O. Wilder, and Andrea K. Gerlak. "Transboundary Water Governance Scholarship: A Critical Review." Environments 10, no. 2 (2023): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environments10020027.

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Governing and managing the allocation and use of freshwater has always been a complex and fraught undertaking. The challenges to effective and equitable management have been exacerbated by rising pressures on supplies caused by such drivers as population growth, urbanization and climate change. Moreover, vast quantities of water straddle international and other boundaries—four-fifths of the world’s largest river basins and hundreds of aquifers span such borders. This further complicates management and governance, which is subject to disparate legal, political, administrative, financial, cultural and diplomatic conditions. Recognition in the literature and in practice of ‘transboundariness’ dates to the 1970s and has grown since. The authors trace the evolution of transboundary water scholarship and identify five framings used in transboundary water governance and management: conflict and cooperation; hydropolitics; hydrodiplomacy; scale; and disciplinary approaches. Transboundary water management initiatives can be viewed through three broad strands: interventions, advancements in governance strategies and democratization of data and information for strengthening science–policy interaction. The authors close with a discussion of future directions for transboundary water governance and management, emphasizing the need for additional research on how to deal with climate-related and other mounting challenges.

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Timmerman, Jos, John Matthews, Sonja Koeppel, Daniel Valensuela, and Niels Vlaanderen. "Improving governance in transboundary cooperation in water and climate change adaptation." Water Policy 19, no. 6 (2017): 1014–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2017.156.

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Abstract Climate change adaptation in water management is a water governance issue. While neither climate change nor water respects national borders, adaptation in water management should be treated as a transboundary water governance issue. However, transboundary water management is, in essence, more complex than national water management because the water management regimes usually differ more between countries than within countries. This paper provides 63 lessons learned from almost a decade of cooperation on transboundary climate adaptation in water management under the UNECE Water Convention and puts these into the context of the OECD principles on water governance. It highlights that good water governance entails a variety of activities that are intertwined and cannot be considered stand-alone elements. The paper also shows that this wide variety of actions is needed to develop a climate change adaptation strategy in water management. Each of the lessons learned can be considered concrete actions connected to one or more of the OECD principles, where a range of actions may be needed to fulfil one principle. The paper concludes that developing climate change adaptation measures needs to improve in parallel the water governance system at transboundary scale.

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Yijing, Chu, and Wang Jue. "Study on the Cooperation Mechanism of Transboundary Water Pollution Control in China from the Perspective of Network Governance." E3S Web of Conferences 136 (2019): 06009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201913606009.

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Transboundary water pollution affects the sustainable socio-economic development in the region.Based on the current social governance tone of co-governance and sharing and the complexity of water pollution, the governance of transboundary water pollution is not just the "one-man show" of the government, but also included in the main body of private enterprise organizations, non-profit environmental organizations and citizens.The multiple subjects included in the network of governance should take into account the goals of ecological effects, social effects and economic effects, and establish cooperation in cross-border water pollution control by establishing good communication channels, coordinating governance activities, strengthening trust and sharing relationships, and handling cultural differences mechanism. Compared with the traditional model of control and governance by a single administrative force, the network cooperative governance of transboundary water pollution is more flexible, autonomous, innovative, public and economical. Its core philosophy is "cross-border cooperation and pollution sharing Governance, effectiveness sharing, multi-win-win situation. "

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Daniel, Jessica R., Sandra Lee Pinel, and Jase Brooks. "Overcoming Barriers to Collaborative Transboundary Water Governance." Mountain Research and Development 33, no. 3 (2013): 215–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/mrd-journal-d-12-00121.1.

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Nori, Saiyed Momin. "Challenges of transboundary water governance in Afghanistan." Central Asian Journal of Water Research 6, no. 1 (2020): 18–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.29258/cajwr/2020-r1.v6-1/18-38.eng.

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Mahon, Robin, Lucia Fanning, and Patrick McConney. "Assessing governance performance in transboundary water systems." Environmental Development 24 (December 2017): 146–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2017.06.008.

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Armitage, Derek, Rob C. de Loë, Michelle Morris, et al. "Science–policy processes for transboundary water governance." Ambio 44, no. 5 (2015): 353–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-015-0644-x.

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Baranyai, Gábor. "Transboundary water governance in the European Union: the (unresolved) allocation question." Water Policy 21, no. 3 (2019): 496–513. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2019.033.

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Abstract While the European Union (EU) has one of the most extensive and sophisticated supranational water policy worldwide, its transboundary governance framework has certain structural deficiencies that may eventually give rise to significant cooperation gridlocks over shared river basins. Most prominently, EU water law as well as the numerous European basin treaties almost comprehensively ignore transboundary water quantity management and allocation questions. This lacuna is due to a series of hydro-geographical, political and institutional factors prevailing at the time when the foundations of today's European framework of transboundary water governance were laid down in the 1980s and 1990s. Yet, changing hydrological conditions points to increasing fluctuations in water quantities in European river basins. Due to their one-sided ecological focus, however, the existing European governance mechanisms may prove unable to handle a growing competition for water among riparian states in case of flow variations beyond historical ranges. This article investigates the roots and the possible future implications of the unresolved transboundary allocation question within the EU.

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Mwebesa, Nicholas Mwebaze. "Transboundary water governance and water conflicts in the Lake Victoria Basin: an adaptive and integrative management approach." International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 15, no. 7 (2022): 90–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijbcs.v15i7.10s.

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Lake Victoria Basin is a transboundary natural resource shared by five East African Community countries. The Basin experiences unsustainable water resource utilization and management which creates conflicts among the users. This objective of this study was to examine the contribution of transboundary water governance systems in managing the water conflicts in the Basin. Qualitative data were collected through interviews and focused group discussions where respondents were clustered and purposively selected while quantitative data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS. Lake Victoria Basin Governance Performance Composite Index was also used to assess the effectiveness of governance systems in the Basin. The study findings revealed that: transboundary water governance systems with participation, integration, legal frameworks, collaboration, equity and adaptability, all with P < 0.05 negatively and significantly influence the causes of conflicts and water management challenges; integration (20%) and equity (19%) contribute highly to the model; and both adaptive and integrative water governance systems are less effective with a score of 34% and 35% respectively. The study concludes that the current management systems require an adaptive and integrative governance system. The study recommends harmonization of regional laws and policies governing the Basin and involvement of local communities in decision making.

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Mwebesa, Nicholas Mwebaze. "Transboundary water governance and water conflicts in the Lake Victoria Basin: an adaptive and integrative management approach." International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 15, no. 7 (2022): 90–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijbcs.v15i7.10s.

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Lake Victoria Basin is a transboundary natural resource shared by five East African Community countries. The Basin experiences unsustainable water resource utilization and management which creates conflicts among the users. This objective of this study was to examine the contribution of transboundary water governance systems in managing the water conflicts in the Basin. Qualitative data were collected through interviews and focused group discussions where respondents were clustered and purposively selected while quantitative data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS. Lake Victoria Basin Governance Performance Composite Index was also used to assess the effectiveness of governance systems in the Basin. The study findings revealed that: transboundary water governance systems with participation, integration, legal frameworks, collaboration, equity and adaptability, all with P < 0.05 negatively and significantly influence the causes of conflicts and water management challenges; integration (20%) and equity (19%) contribute highly to the model; and both adaptive and integrative water governance systems are less effective with a score of 34% and 35% respectively. The study concludes that the current management systems require an adaptive and integrative governance system. The study recommends harmonization of regional laws and policies governing the Basin and involvement of local communities in decision making.

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Rosenblum, Zoe Hoffman, and Susanne Schmeier. "Global Wetland Governance: Introducing the Transboundary Wetlands Database." Water 14, no. 19 (2022): 3077. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14193077.

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The water governance discourse focuses on the use of water from rivers—and increasingly lakes and aquifers—for a variety of human uses, often in a competing manner. Largely missing from this discourse are wetlands. Despite an increased understanding of the benefits of wetlands, global wetland area continues to decrease. Particularly in international river basins, upstream water withdrawals are having negative impacts on wetlands, and the communities that rely on them downstream. Following the framework of transboundary water cooperation, the joint management of transboundary wetlands in the context of integrated basin management may prevent conflict and lead to further collaboration. As a first step to understand how wetlands may fit into water cooperation, this research employs spatial analysis and document analysis to identify transboundary wetlands and possible institutions to manage them, providing a basis for analyzing conflict and cooperation dynamics in them. The products of this research are a database and map of 300 transboundary wetlands, including the river basins (and, when applicable, the River Basin Organizations) they fall within.

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Akamani, Kofi, and Patrick Impero Wilson. "Toward the adaptive governance of transboundary water resources." Conservation Letters 4, no. 6 (2011): 409–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263x.2011.00188.x.

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Suhardiman, Diana, and Mark Giordano. "Process-focused analysis in transboundary water governance research." International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 12, no. 3 (2012): 299–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10784-012-9176-z.

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Нори, Сайед Момин. "Проблемы управления трансграничными водными ресурсами в Афганистане". Central Asian Journal of Water Research 6, № 1 (2020): 19–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.29258/cajwr/2020-r1.v6-1/19-43.

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Афганистан имеет пять крупных речных бассейнов, четыре из которых являются трансграничными и используются совместно с Ираном, Пакистаном и странами Центральной Азии (Таджикистан, Узбекистан, Туркменистан). Управление трансграничными водными ресурсами, двусторонние или региональные соглашения и сотрудничество с прибрежными странами всегда были сложными задачами для Афганистана. Непрерывная война и отсутствие безопасности ослабили систему управления в Афганистане. Отсутствие человеческого потенциала в области разработки политики и стратегического планирования, слабая экономика, с одной стороны, и ограниченные гидрометеорологические данные и технические знания в области управления водными ресурсами, с другой стороны, отдалили Афганистан от всех механизмов сотрудничества на реке Амударья и двух других ее крупных речных бассейнах. В данной статье анализируются инициативы и планы, реализованные афганским правительством и международным сообществом по укреплению человеческого потенциала и сбору гидрометеорологических данных для разработки подходящего механизма управления трансграничными водами в целях экономического роста Афганистана и регионального сотрудничества по трансграничным водам между Афганистаном и прибрежными странами. Однако некоторые проблемы в области управления водными ресурсами в Афганистане все еще остаются нерешенными. На основе академических и политических источников рассматриваются проблемы, с которыми Афганистан столкнулся за последние сорок лет в секторе управления водными ресурсами, и предлагаются некоторые решения для преодоления этих проблем. В заключение предлагаются шаги и меры, которые в дальнейшем должны быть выдвинуты афганским правительством и международным сообществом для достижения рамок регионального сотрудничества по трансграничным водам между Афганистаном и другими прибрежными странами.

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Нори, Сайед Момин. "Проблемы управления трансграничными водными ресурсами в Афганистане". Central Asian Journal of Water Research 6, № 1 (2020): 19–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.29258/cajwr/2020-r1.v6-1/19-43.rus.

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Афганистан имеет пять крупных речных бассейнов, четыре из которых являются трансграничными и используются совместно с Ираном, Пакистаном и странами Центральной Азии (Таджикистан, Узбекистан, Туркменистан). Управление трансграничными водными ресурсами, двусторонние или региональные соглашения и сотрудничество с прибрежными странами всегда были сложными задачами для Афганистана. Непрерывная война и отсутствие безопасности ослабили систему управления в Афганистане. Отсутствие человеческого потенциала в области разработки политики и стратегического планирования, слабая экономика, с одной стороны, и ограниченные гидрометеорологические данные и технические знания в области управления водными ресурсами, с другой стороны, отдалили Афганистан от всех механизмов сотрудничества на реке Амударья и двух других ее крупных речных бассейнах. В данной статье анализируются инициативы и планы, реализованные афганским правительством и международным сообществом по укреплению человеческого потенциала и сбору гидрометеорологических данных для разработки подходящего механизма управления трансграничными водами в целях экономического роста Афганистана и регионального сотрудничества по трансграничным водам между Афганистаном и прибрежными странами. Однако некоторые проблемы в области управления водными ресурсами в Афганистане все еще остаются нерешенными. На основе академических и политических источников рассматриваются проблемы, с которыми Афганистан столкнулся за последние сорок лет в секторе управления водными ресурсами, и предлагаются некоторые решения для преодоления этих проблем. В заключение предлагаются шаги и меры, которые в дальнейшем должны быть выдвинуты афганским правительством и международным сообществом для достижения рамок регионального сотрудничества по трансграничным водам между Афганистаном и другими прибрежными странами

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Liu, Xiaofeng, Nicholas J. Souter, Raymond Yu Wang, and Derek Vollmer. "Aligning the Freshwater Health Index Indicator System against the Transboundary Water Governance Framework of Southeast Asia’s Sesan, Srepok, and Sekong River Basin." Water 11, no. 11 (2019): 2307. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11112307.

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Indicator systems can improve water governance by integrating and simplifying data on water resources. However, to our knowledge, no indicator systems have been comprehensively assessed against the water governance framework within which they operate. We assess the policy relevance of the Freshwater Health Index (FHI) to the governance frameworks of Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Viet Nam. These governance frameworks were chosen because the FHI has been applied to the transboundary Sesan, Srepok, and Sekong (3S) river basin, which traverses the three nations. We conduct an institutional analysis, assessing the FHI indicators against each nation’s relevant laws, plans, policies and strategies, as well as international agreements. The FHI indicators varied in their alignment with the 3S’s transboundary water governance framework. Ecosystem Vitality indicators, which measure environmental health, tended to show a greater alignment than Ecosystem Service indicators. The Governance and Stakeholders indicators, which assess aspects of the governance system, were highly relevant. Comparing the 3S FHI assessment results to the water governance framework provided a case for delivering environmental flows and headwater reforestation, and improving biodiversity protection and fish passage. The generally close alignment of FHI metrics with the 3S’s water governance frameworks shows that the FHI is a policy-relevant tool.

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Roper, Cindy G. "Interstate Water Compacts: Partnerships for Transboundary Water Resource Management." Journal of South Carolina Water Resources, no. 2 (June 1, 2015): 24–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.34068/jscwr.02.04.

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While there are both successes and challenges related to the use of interstate water compacts, in their most effective forms they allow states to take a comprehensive, holistic approach to water management. Successful compacts tend to encompass the natural hydrologic boundaries of the water basin. They are more likely to utilize a commission type governance structure with sufficient authority to carry out the mission and goals of the compacting agreement. Successful compacts are flexible and allow for future developments (including climate change) while being cognizant of the need to protect and enhance the environment. They are also sensitive to the needs and desires of various stakeholders, including federal, state, and local governments as well as non-governmental organizations. Water compacts also face a variety of challenges. They must answer to a wide and diverse constituent base, often with conflicting interests. Stronger states can and do attempt to “bully” other states, severely limiting or eliminating altogether the usefulness of the compact. Governance structures that fail to integrate the interests of all states into a single body simply make the compact into an arena where small scale water wars can be fought. To illustrate an area where interstate water compacts could make a significant contribution, this paper concludes with a case study highlighting South Carolina’s transboundary water issues with North Carolina and Georgia. Recommendations for South Carolina include beginning negotiations toward the development of federal-interstate compacts as well as considering action in the Supreme Court in the event that these negotiations fail.

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Jetoo, Savitri. "The Role of Transnational Municipal Networks in Transboundary Water Governance." Water 9, no. 1 (2017): 40. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w9010040.

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Rogers, P., M. Nakayama, J. Lundqvist, and K. Furuyashiki. "Workshop 7 (synthesis): role and governance implications of virtual water trade." Water Science and Technology 49, no. 7 (2004): 199–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2004.0455.

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Virtual water trade (VWT) is a powerful concept which stimulates fresh thinking about water scarcity and management. It is a potential solution for water-short countries to achieve food security. VWT may also have the potential to play a key role in international negotiations over management of transboundary water resources.

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Saruchera, Davison, and Jonathan Lautze. "Transboundary river basin organizations in Africa: assessing the secretariat." Water Policy 18, no. 5 (2016): 1053–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2016.228.

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Secretariats are an increasingly common feature in Africa's transboundary river basin organizations (RBOs). Non-secretariat-based forms of transboundary RBOs nonetheless also exist, and such forms of cooperation have often functioned effectively. These realities drive questions about the rationale and role for secretariats. This paper employs two approaches to compare secretariat-based RBOs vis-à-vis RBOs without secretariats in Africa. First, we compared the degree to which five governance instruments, determined to enable effective transboundary water management, are contained in treaties creating secretariat-based RBOs versus treaties creating non-secretariat-based RBOs. Second, the costs and benefits of six African transboundary RBOs – three with secretariat and three without – were compared based on a survey of regular costs and volume and number of projects. Key findings are that RBOs with secretariats have achieved stronger governance and secured more investment than RBOs without secretariats. Costs associated with operating secretariats appear justified by their benefits. These findings help to lay an improved basis for selecting desired models of RBOs in Africa's transboundary basins.

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Sithirith, Mak, Jaap Evers, and Joyeeta Gupta. "Damming the Mekong tributaries: water security and the MRC 1995 Agreement." Water Policy 18, no. 6 (2016): 1420–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2016.003.

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Water security is a key governance challenge especially in relation to transboundary rivers. While the literature elaborates on the water security concept, there is very little on how to operationalize it in the transboundary context. Hence, this paper addresses the question: How can the governance of transboundary rivers be operationalized to deal with national water security concerns? It uses a literature review and a case study focusing on dams in the Mekong tributaries, namely the Sesan, part of the 3S Basin, in Vietnam and Cambodia. The paper describes the damming process in the 3S Basin and how it threatens water security for downstream states in terms of securing the flow, volume, quality, space, and the temporal variations of the rivers and the livelihoods of river dependent communities. It examines how the Mekong River Commission (MRC) members address these issues, balance their interests and secure the free flow of the Mekong River and its tributaries. It concludes that the MRC Agreement of 1995 is an inadequate mechanism to regulate the developments of hydrological infrastructure on the shared international tributaries, and that further operationalization of the concept of water security is necessary to enable the improvement of existing cooperative regulations and mechanisms.

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Holzwarth, Fritz. "The EU Water Framework Directive – a key to catchment-based governance." Water Science and Technology 45, no. 8 (2002): 105–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2002.0154.

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The principles of good water governance require an effective water policy with a clear legal framework and institutional structure for managing river basins and aquifers. Integrated water resources management is essential and decision-making processes must be participatory and transparent. The development of the European Union's Water Framework Directive is outlined, and it is shown how it can serve as the basis of catchment-based governance for the successful management of water quality and quantity in transboundary river basins.

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Elias, Guillermina. "Marco para una Gobernanza del Agua: hacia una cooperación en cuencas transfronterizas." Brazilian Journal of International Relations 7, no. 1 (2018): 83–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.36311/2237-7743.2018.v7n1.01.p83.

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El objetivo general de este trabajo consiste en presentar un estado del arte de la cuestión de la gobernanza en general, desde la Ciencia Política y las Relaciones Internacionales, para luego enfocarlo en la arena de la gobernanza ambiental y, más específicamente, en la referida a los recursos hídricos transfronterizos. Este artículo se realiza en el contexto de una investigación doctoral sobre la importancia de la gobernanza del agua para una gestión eficiente e integrada de la misma y, en especial, de aquellos recursos hídricos que cruzan fronteras físico-política-administrativas, con el acompañamiento de procesos participativos garantizados institucionalmente. La cooperación resulta un elemento clave para implementar soluciones que permitan fomentar una gobernanza efectiva de las cuencas compartidas. Palabras clave: gobernanza del agua; gobernabilidad; gobernanza ambiental; gobernanza de aguas transfronterizas; cooperación. Abstract: The general objective of this work is to present a state of the art of the question of governance in general, from Political Science and International Relations, to then focus on the arena of environmental governance and, more specifically, the transboundary water resources. This article is made in the context of a doctoral research on the importance of water governance for an efficient and integrated management of water, especially water resources that cross physical-political-administrative boundaries, with the accompaniment of participatory processes guaranteed institutionally. Cooperation is a key element in implementing solutions to foster effective governance of shared basins. Key words: water governance; governance; environmental governance; transboundary water governance; cooperation. Recebido em: outubro/2017 Aprovado em: maio/2018.

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Jarvis, W. Todd. "Transboundary Hydro-Governance: From Conflict to Shared Management." Groundwater 57, no. 2 (2019): 199–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12858.

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Brooks, David B., and Jamie Linton. "Governance of Transboundary Aquifers: Balancing Efficiency, Equity and Sustainability." International Journal of Water Resources Development 27, no. 3 (2011): 431–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2011.593117.

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Martin-Nagle, Renée. "Transboundary hydro-governance: from conflict to shared management." Water International 44, no. 4 (2019): 486–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2019.1613295.

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Boute, Anatole. "The Water-Energy-Climate Nexus Under International Law: A Central Asian Perspective." Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law, no. 5.2 (2016): 371. http://dx.doi.org/10.36640/mjeal.5.2.water.

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Water, energy, and climate change are intrinsically related to each other but are nonetheless subject to different international legal regimes. The fragmented nature of water, energy, and climate governance represents a challenge for the sustainable management of resources in the energy and water landscape of the 21st century. Regulatory choices in one field can potentially undermine the policy objectives pursued in the other fields. Promoting conventional and unconventional energy production for energy security purposes increases pressure on the availability of fresh water resources and contributes to climate change. Climate change exacerbates the scarcity of water resources, which leads to increasing tensions relating to water access and energy supply in certain regions of the world. Water- and energy-related tensions are particularly acute in Central Asia. Because of its large energy reserves and strategic location in the heart of Eurasia, the Central Asian region is of significant importance for world energy markets. In addition to fossil energy, Central Asia holds large water resources. However, energy and water resources are unevenly distributed in the region, which creates a need for close transboundary cooperation in order to ensure equitable and sustainable access to these vital resources. Despite the mutual benefits of cooperation in Central Asia, governments are reluctant to rely on their neighbors for their water and energy security. States’ refusal to cooperate generates high energy, social, economic, and environmental costs, and poses a serious threat to peace and stability in a region of particular geopolitical relevance. External legal mechanisms are needed to overcome the present political obstacles to transboundary cooperation in resources management. In an effort to overcome the fragmented nature of water, energy, and climate law, this Article examines how international law—in particular the principle of transboundary cooperation—can contribute to addressing the resource management challenges in Central Asia. Additionally, this analysis aims to contribute to the development of international law on transboundary resources management. Based on the Central Asian case study, this Article argues in favor of an integrated approach to water-energy-climate regulation in order to achieve water-energy-climate security in a mutually reinforcing way.

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Panikkar, Bindu, Asim Zia, Susan Sgorbati, et al. "Transboundary Water Governance in the Kabul River Basin: Implementing Environmental and Public Diplomacy Between Pakistan and Afghanistan." Complexity, Governance & Networks 5, no. 1 (2019): 101. http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-80.

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This research highlights the outcomes of the environmental diplomacy workshop held between members of civil society from Afghanistan and Pakistan on water cooperation in the Kabul River Basin, one of the most heavily conflicted transboundary river basins in the world. Lack of trust among these upstream and downstream riparian partners and persistent failures of Track 1 diplomacy initiatives has led to an absence of governance mechanisms for mitigating the water security concerns in the region. This research shows that science and public diplomacy, democratic participation, and social learning may pave a way to clear local misconceptions, improve transboundary water cooperation, and increase ecological stewardship in the Kabul River Basin.

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Gerlak, Andrea K. "Resistance and Reform: Transboundary Water Governance in the Colorado River Delta." Review of Policy Research 32, no. 1 (2015): 100–123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12114.

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Suhardiman, Diana, Mark Giordano, and François Molle. "Scalar Disconnect: The Logic of Transboundary Water Governance in the Mekong." Society & Natural Resources 25, no. 6 (2012): 572–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2011.604398.

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Hanasz, Paula. "A Little Less Conversation? Track II Dialogue and Transboundary Water Governance." Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies 4, no. 2 (2017): 296–309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app5.183.

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Ibragimow, Aleksandra, Eerika Albrecht, and Moritz Albrecht. "The Transboundary Water Management – Comparing Policy Translations of the Water Framework Directive in the International Basin Districts of the Oder River and the Torne River." Quaestiones Geographicae 38, no. 1 (2019): 29–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2019-0006.

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Abstract The European Union’s Water Framework Directive introduced a new approach to the system of water management in Europe by nominating the river basin district as the basic unit in water management. While its transboundary character aims to better manage natural resources, its design and implementation carries several challenges due to its weak integration of various bordering effects related to administrative boundaries that strongly affect the directives’ implementation. Based on a comparative document based case study of two river basin districts – the International Oder River Basin District (IORBD) and the International Torne River Basin District (ITRBD) – the paper scrutinizes the effects on the implementation processes of the directive and aims to draw attention to identify the differences that derive from various socio-spatial settings during the first cycles of water management plans from 2009 to 2015. By thematically comparing biophysical characteristics, cross-border cooperation, cultural and administrative bordering processes the study displays a mismatch between the directives aims for transboundary governance and the actual governance processes which are hampered by a variety of conflicting bordering processes.

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Pandey, Avash, Anjal Prakash, Anamika Barua, Md Abu Syed, and Santosh Nepal. "Upstream-downstream linkages in Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin: the hydro-social imperatives." Water Policy 22, no. 6 (2020): 1082–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2020.231.

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Abstract To manage the transboundary water resources of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) River Basin, it is important to identify and understand the complex upstream-downstream linkages in the basin. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of social, economic and cultural processes of the GBM Basin and examines existing mechanisms for governing the shared water resources. It draws attention to the uneven power relations between countries that share the basin and how it affects transboundary water governance. The review concludes that the countries need to strengthen cooperation and harness benefits arising from economic, social, and cultural aspects and proposes multilateral cooperation over the existing bilateral cooperation approach in the region.

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Zeitoun, Mark, and J. A. Allan. "Applying hegemony and power theory to transboundary water analysis." Water Policy 10, S2 (2008): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2008.203.

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This paper introduces the basic concepts of hydro-hegemony which are employed in the analysis of the contributors of this special issue. It emphasises the roles of hegemony, power and political–economy processes in shaping international transboundary water relations. Central to the analysis is Lukes’ concept of the three dimensions of power and Gramscian notions of hegemony (see S. Lukes, Power: A Radical View, 2005). Hegemony depends on the skilful use of hard and soft forms of power, between formally equal parties such as nation states. Hydro-hegemony is hegemony active in international transboundary water settings, the analytical framework for which is laid out in detail by Zeitoun and Warner in Water Policy vol 8 (2006, 435–460). The challenges of conceptualising the complex nexus of international water relations are also addressed. A recurring theme is that both power and political economy processes are especially effective when they operate invisibly. The approach furthermore sets the frame for exploration of improvement of the options of hegemon riparians and non-hegemon riparians alike for more principled transboundary water governance.

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Jiménez, Alejandro, Panchali Saikia, Ricard Giné, et al. "Unpacking Water Governance: A Framework for Practitioners." Water 12, no. 3 (2020): 827. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12030827.

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Water governance has emerged as an important topic in the international arena and is acknowledged to be a crucial factor for adequate and sustained progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. However, there is not enough clarity about the practical meaning of the term “water governance” and how to work with it. This paper reviews the term’s use, to reveal how the concept is understood, referred to, and implemented in practice by different stakeholders. Based on literature review and consultations with experts, we identify and describe the core components of water governance (functions), describe their potential qualities when performed (attributes), and how they interrelate with the values and aspirations of the different stakeholders to achieve certain outcomes. These different components are described in detail to construct an operational framework to assess and work with water governance, which covers water and sanitation services delivery, water resources management and transboundary waters. This paper’s findings provide practical guidance for decision makers and practitioners on how action-oriented water governance processes can be meaningfully designed, and ultimately, how to strengthen efforts aiming to improve water governance.

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Petersen-Perlman, Jacob D., Tamee R. Albrecht, Elia M. Tapia-Villaseñor, Robert G. Varady, and Sharon B. Megdal. "Science and Binational Cooperation: Bidirectionality in the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program in the Arizona-Sonora Border Region." Water 13, no. 17 (2021): 2364. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13172364.

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Sharing scientific data and information is often cited within academic literature as an initial step of water cooperation, but the transfer of research findings into policy and practice is often slow and inconsistent. Certain attributes—including salience, credibility, and legitimacy of scientific information; iterative information production; and sociocultural factors—may influence how easily scientific information can be used in management and policymaking. However, transnationality usually complicates these sorts of interactions. Accordingly, we argue that the production of scientific information and transboundary water cooperation build upon each other bidirectionally, each informing and enhancing the other. We employ a case-study analysis of the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program (TAAP), a binational collaborative effort for scientific assessment of aquifers shared between Mexico and the United States. Here, information sharing was possible only by first completing a formal, jointly agreed-upon cooperative framework in 2009. This framework resulted in a collaborative science production process, suggesting that the relationship between sharing data and information and transboundary groundwater governance is iterative and self-reinforcing. In keeping with the publication of the TAAP’s first binational scientific report in 2016, we demonstrate the bidirectional relationship between science production and water governance in the TAAP and explore remaining challenges after scientific assessment.

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Ding, Yuanzhao. "Heavy metal pollution and transboundary issues in ASEAN countries." Water Policy 21, no. 5 (2019): 1096–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2019.003.

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Abstract The presence of heavy metals in waterways is a major threat to human health, and such metals cause stomach cancer and brain damage. There is a growing trend towards heavy metal pollution in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries due to inappropriate environmental management and the development of the region's chemical industry. In some border areas, transboundary heavy metal pollution significantly affects people's daily lives. The traditional ASEAN approach to solving heavy metal pollution has limitations due to various problems that affect the ASEAN region, such as unbalanced economic growth, a shortage of environmental technology, and a lack of regional law enforcement. As a result, more effective regional governance on heavy metal pollution and transboundary issues is urgently required. In this paper, network governance theory is used to study environmental problems. This paper recommends that voluntary governance is used to supplement traditional state-centric governance.

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Linton, Jamie, and David B. Brooks. "Governance of transboundary aquifers: new challenges and new opportunities." Water International 36, no. 5 (2011): 606–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2011.599312.

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Balafouta, Virginia. "Strengthening “International law of transboundary rivers” international human rights law, international criminal law and international humanitarian law. The dynamics of the right to water." American Yearbook of International Law 1, no. 1 (2023): 2–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/ayil.33037.

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In the current paper, taking into account the transboundary rivers’ special importance and value, it is proposed that “International Law of Transboundary Rivers” should be established as an autonomous legal branch of International Law. Firstly, a legal framework for International Law of Transboundary Rivers is proposed, and then suggestions are made for its strengthening. It is argued that the governance of transboundary rivers is closely linked and promotes the maintenance of international peace and security, and all the other primary purposes of International Law. Moreover, the connection of International Law of Transboundary Rivers with International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law and International Humanitarian Law is suggested. In addition, the proposed framework is linked to the Resolution A/RES/64/292 (2010) “The human right to water and sanitation”. The human right to water and sanitation, and its crucial importance are analyzed. In the context of the paper, the connection of the right to water and sanitation with several rights already enshrined: i) in the European Convention on Human Rights, ii) in the American Convention on Human Rights, and iii) in the African Charter of Human and Peoples’ Rights is attempted. This suggestion is made in order to be possible for individuals and for states to legally invoke and judicially assert this right. By the combined invocation of the right to water and sanitation with these rights, it could become possible to utilize the relevant regional human rights instruments and mechanisms, for the legal assertion of the right to water and sanitation, and for the fair and equitable use of transboundary rivers and their resources.

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Sehring, Jenniver, Susanne Schmeier, Rozemarijn ter Horst, Alyssa Offutt, and Bota Sharipova. "Diving into Water Diplomacy – Exploring the Emergence of a Concept." Diplomatica 4, no. 2 (2022): 200–221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/25891774-bja10082.

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Abstract The term “water diplomacy” has gained currency among policy makers and academics. It reflects an awareness that the use, management, and protection of transboundary water resources is intrinsically political and often embedded in complex political settings. Based on a review of academic and policy documents, we analyze the variety of understandings and common patterns in the definition of water diplomacy. We also analyze tools, tracks, and levels through which and at which water diplomacy is conducted or analyzed. With our own definition of water diplomacy as deliberative political processes and practices of preventing, mitigating, and resolving disputes over transboundary water resources and developing joint water governance arrangements by applying foreign policy means which are embedded in bi- and/or multilateral relations beyond the water sector and taking place at different tracks and scales, we aim to advance the discourse on water diplomacy both in the academic and policy realms.

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Blumstein, Sabine, and Jacob D. Petersen-Perlman. "When the water runs dry: supporting adaptive governance in transboundary river basins." Water International 46, no. 3 (2021): 306–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2021.1877984.

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Bhattarai, Kiran Kumari, Laxmi Prasad Pant, and John FitzGibbon. "Contested governance of drinking water provisioning services in Nepal’s transboundary river basins." Ecosystem Services 45 (October 2020): 101184. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101184.

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VanNijnatten, Debora L. "The potential for adaptive water governance on the US–Mexico border: application of the OECD's water governance indicators to the Rio Grande/Bravo basin." Water Policy 22, no. 6 (2020): 1047–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2020.120.

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Abstract Despite decades of political commitments, laws and agreements and significant policy effort, the governance system in the Rio Grande/Bravo basin is not able to meet the water demands generated by a growing region. Long stretches of the river are completely dry for much of the year, and water managers cannot meet full allocations to water users, let alone ensure water quality and quantity for environmental services and sustainability. Both academic scholarship and policy analysis attribute failures such as this to the inability of current water governance regimes to respond to rapidly changing circumstances – to ‘adapt’. The adaptive governance literature calls for resource management regimes that are distributed yet coordinated through polycentric arrangements, as well as flexible; that promote broader engagement and that generate and disseminate knowledge as well as stimulate learning in the face of complexity and uncertainty. This paper reports on the results of qualitative empirical research which applies the OECD's water governance indicators as a diagnostic tool in order to identify the most significant adaptive governance gaps in the transboundary Rio Grande/Bravo basin.

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Hussein, Hussam, Alberto Natta, Abed Al Kareem Yehya, and Baha Hamadna. "Syrian Refugees, Water Scarcity, and Dynamic Policies: How Do the New Refugee Discourses Impact Water Governance Debates in Lebanon and Jordan?" Water 12, no. 2 (2020): 325. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12020325.

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Since the Syrian crisis and the so-called “Arab Spring”, new discourses have been created, sparking the discursive water governance debates around water scarcity and hydropolitics. In Lebanon and Jordan—where most water resources are transboundary, and where most Syrian refugees have flown in—new discourses of climate change and especially of Syrian refugees as exacerbating water scarcity are emerging, shaping water governance debates. The aim of this paper is to engage in comparative discourse analysis about narratives of water crises and refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. This study is novel because of the focus on the new discourse of refugees in relation to water governance debates in both Lebanon and Jordan. This paper finds that in both countries the new discourses of refugees do not replace previous and existing discourses of water crisis and scarcity, but rather they build on and reinforce them. This paper finds that the impact these discourses had on the governance debates is that in Lebanon the resources mobilized focused on humanitarian interventions, while Jordan focused on development projects to strengthen the resilience of its water infrastructure and its overall water governance system.

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Williams, Jessica M. "The challenge of multilateralism on the Ganges River." Water Policy 22, no. 2 (2020): 153–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2020.178.

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Abstract The Ganges River is traditionally governed bilaterally, with India at the centre of interactions. Bilateralism is arguable leveraged to India's advantage on a national and transboundary level. This is problematic as issues such as climate change require holistic and basin-wide solutions. Initiatives such as China's Belt and Road strategy are challenging Indian hegemony and pushing for multilateralism. The implications of this for transboundary water governance are investigated through discourse and the concept of discourse inertia. This shows how India is seeking to leverage its position in the sub-region through bilateralism and discursive tactics in response to China's increasing influence.

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Zhou, Shenbei, Amin Du, and Minghao Bai. "Application of the environmental Gini coefficient in allocating water governance responsibilities: a case study in Taihu Lake Basin, China." Water Science and Technology 71, no. 7 (2015): 1047–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2015.069.

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The equitable allocation of water governance responsibilities is very important yet difficult to achieve, particularly for a basin which involves many stakeholders and policymakers. In this study, the environmental Gini coefficient model was applied to evaluate the inequality of water governance responsibility allocation, and an environmental Gini coefficient optimisation model was built to achieve an optimal adjustment. To illustrate the application of the environmental Gini coefficient, the heavily polluted transboundary Taihu Lake Basin in China, was chosen as a case study. The results show that the original environmental Gini coefficient of the chemical oxygen demand (COD) was greater than 0.2, indicating that the allocation of water governance responsibilities in Taihu Lake Basin was unequal. Of seven decision-making units, three were found to be inequality factors and were adjusted to reduce the water pollutant emissions and to increase the water governance inputs. After the adjustment, the environmental Gini coefficient of the COD was less than 0.2 and the reduction rate was 27.63%. The adjustment process provides clear guidance for policymakers to develop appropriate policies and improve the equality of water governance responsibility allocation.

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Gerlak, Andrea K. "One Basin at a Time: The Global Environment Facility and Governance of Transboundary Waters." Global Environmental Politics 4, no. 4 (2004): 108–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/glep.2004.4.4.108.

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Increased international attention to water resource management and integration has resulted in the creation of new institutional arrangements and environmental funding mechanisms. The Global Environmental Facility's (GEF) International Waters Program is at the heart of such novel collaborative approaches to managing transboundary resources. This paper assesses GEF-led efforts in twenty-three projects across ten geographic regions. It finds that the GEF has been successful in building scientific knowledge and creating linkages across social, economic and environmental issues. However, challenges of enhancing the contractual environment and building national capacity remain. While GEF efforts thus far do indicate that institutions can affect the growth of knowledge and cooperation around transboundary waters, long-lasting achievements of the GEF's International Waters Program have yet to be realized.

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Suykens, Cathy. "Critical Success Factors in Transboundary Water Management: a US-EU Comparison." European Energy and Environmental Law Review 27, Issue 1 (2018): 2–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/eelr2018001.

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In light of the increasing pressure on freshwater resources, good governance of rivers is key in meeting the challenges ahead. Integrated river basin management has been advocated both in the European Union and the United States. This paper will adopt a comparative approach to the analysis of river basin management by scrutinizing the legal regimes governing the Scheldt River in the EU and the Delaware River in the US. Based on these case studies, in combination with literature review, the article will set forth Critical Success Factors for integrated transboundary river basin management.

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Hensengerth, Oliver. "Vietnam's Security Objectives in Mekong Basin Governance." Journal of Vietnamese Studies 3, no. 2 (2008): 101–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/vs.2008.3.2.101.

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The paper examines Vietnam's foreign policy as it translates into strategies toward subregional cooperation in the Mekong Basin. Using transboundary water cooperation as an example, the article argues that Vietnam's prime motivation in Mekong River cooperation is economic development for performance legitimacy. Environmental issues are raised, but only in relation to powerful upstream countries, while Vietnam itself poses similar challenges to less powerful downstream countries. The need for performance legitimacy thus conveys all relevance to the economically oriented Greater Mekong Subregion, while the Mekong River Commission, a basin organization with a mandate to combine economic development with environmental considerations, is sidelined.

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