Book launch: Subnational Hydropolitics: Conflict, Cooperation, and Institution-Building in Shared River Basins

Author: Scott Moore (University of Pennsylvania)

Book: Subnational Hydropolitics: Conflict, Cooperation, and Institution-Building in Shared River Basins

Subnational Hydropolitics re-examines the issue of water conflict by examining conflicts at the subnational rather than international level.

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The prospect of international conflict over water has long been the subject of academic and popular concern, but subnational political conflict is considerably more common, and almost certainly imposes greater economic and environmental costs. Indeed, subnational hydropolitics are an important feature of several large countries, including the United States, India, and China. Moreover, disputes between water users in shared river basins have often persisted despite repeated attempts by central governments to resolve them through both persuasion and coercion. Yet despite the growing threat of water scarcity around the world, little research exists on sub-national politics of shared water resources. This book attempts to fill the gap by explaining how and why hydropolitics play out within countries, as well as between them.

Subnational Hydropolitics re-examines the issue of water conflict by examining conflicts at the subnational rather than international level.