Global Water Crisis Next station: The Inferno!
| Main Author: | Pourya Zarshenas |
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| Format: | Book Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
Lambert Academic Publishing(LAP)
, 2022
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/6250827 |
Daftar Isi:
- Welcome to the timely publication of this book entitled: “Global Water Crisis; Next station: The Inferno”. Water conflict is a term describing a conflict between countries, states, or groups over the rights to access water resources. The United Nations recognizes that water disputes result from opposing interests of water users, public or private. A wide range of water conflicts appear throughout history, though rarely are traditional wars waged over water alone. Instead, water has historically been a source of tension and a factor in conflicts that start for other reasons. However, water conflicts arise for several reasons, including territorial disputes, a fight for resources, and strategic advantage. A comprehensive online database of water-related conflict -the Water Conflict Chronology- has been developed by the Pacific Institute. This database lists violence over water going back nearly 6,000 years. These conflicts occur over both freshwater and saltwater, and both between and within nations. However, conflicts occur mostly over freshwater; because freshwater resources are necessary, yet scarce, they are the center of water disputes arising out of need for potable water, irrigation and energy generation. As freshwater is a vital, yet unevenly distributed natural resource, its availability often impacts the living and economic conditions of a country or region. The lack of cost-effective water supply options in areas like the Middle East, among other elements of water crises can put severe pressures on all water users, whether corporate, government, or individual, leading to tension, and possibly aggression. Recent humanitarian catastrophes, such as the Rwandan genocide or the war in Sudanese Darfur, have been linked back to water conflicts. Water resources that span international boundaries are more likely to be a source of collaboration and cooperation than war. Scientists working at the International Water Management Institute have been investigating the evidence behind water war predictions. Their findings show that, while it is true there has been conflict related to water in a handful of international basins, in the rest of the world's approximately 300 shared basins the record has been largely positive. This is exemplified by the hundreds of treaties in place guiding equitable water use between nations sharing water resources. The institutions created by these agreements can, in fact, be one of the most important factors in ensuring cooperation rather than conflict. I hope you like this book. In fact, if the water crisis is not stopped, the name of this book should be remembered: Next station: The Inferno! So Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the new era of the world water crisis