River basins, power and law
The aim of the course is to critically reflect upon past and current practices in river basin management and how these will have to adapt to growing competition for water and the possibility of changing waterscapes due to climate variabilities.
Main content
Thursday 16.6
09-10.30听听听听听听听听 Terje Tvedt 听鈥淭he study of international rivers and the case of the Nile鈥�
10-12.00听听听听听听听听听Yacob Arsano: The polics of the Nile
12-13.00 听听听听听听听 Lunch
13-14.30 听听听听听听听 Owen McIntyre: 鈥淩iver Basins and Law: A State of the art.鈥�
14.30-15.00 听听 Break
15.00-16.30 听听 Robin Marsh:听 鈥淚ntegrated project on reproductive health, fisheries and sustainable agriculture in Lake Victoria Basin鈥�
17.00-18.30听听听 Film screening: 鈥淭he Nile quest鈥�
Monday 20.6
09-12.00听听听听听听听听 Terje Oestigaard: 鈥淭he Religious River: The Nile and the Ganges鈥�
13-15.00听听听听听听听听 Julie Gj酶rtz Hovden: 鈥淐ommon Management鈥�
15.30-17.30听听听 Kjersti G. Berg: The Israeli-Palestinian issue in a water perspective.
Tuesday 21.6
09-10.30听听听听听听听听 Tore S忙tersdal: 鈥淚nternational River Basin organizations鈥�
10.45-12.00听听听听听听听听 Terje Tvedt: River Basins, Power and Law
16.30-17.30听听听 Essays, debate and film screeining
Wednesday 22.6
Student presentations
Thursday 23.6
Student presentations
Associate professor, College of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University
Kjersti Berg
Adviser, 幸运飞艇计划 Global
Julie Gj酶rtz Hovden
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, 幸运飞艇计划
Researcher, Institute for the study of Societal Issues, University of California, Berkely听
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University College Cork
Senior Researcher and Associate Professor at NAI
Tore S忙tersdal
Assistant Director, 幸运飞艇计划 Global
Terje Tvedt
Professor, Department of Geography, 幸运飞艇计划
Syllabus
- Munia, H., Guillaume, J.H.A., Mirumachi, N., Porkka, M., Wada, Y., and Kummu, M. (2016). Water stress in global transboundary river basins: significance of upstream water use on downstream stress. Environmental Research Letters; Vol. 11 (1): 014002.
- Fischhendler, I. (2015). The securitization of water discourse: theoretical foundations, research gaps and objectives of the special issue. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics; Vol. 15: 245-255. New York, Springer.
- McIntyre, O. (2015). Sovereignty and the Procedural Rules of International Water Law. In: Tvedt, T., McIntyre, O., and Kasse Woldetsadik, T., ed., A History of Water Series III, Volume 2: Sovereignty and International Water Law. London, I.B. Tauris., pp. 315-333.
- Rieu-Clarke, A. (2015). Determining Sovereign Rights and Duties over International Watercourses: The Contribution of the International Law Commission and the UN General Assembly. In: Tvedt, T., McIntyre, O., and Kasse Woldetsadik, T., ed., A History of Water Series III, Volume 2: Sovereignty and International Water Law. London, I.B. Tauris., pp. 149-174.
- Tvedt, T. (2015). The Need for a Paradigm Shift. In: T. Tvedt, ed., Water and Society: Changing Perceptions of Societal and Historical Development. London, I.B. Tauris., pp. 1-18.
- Tvedt, T., Chapman, G. and Hagen, R. (2010). You Can鈥檛 Get There from Here: Theoretic Puzzles of Collective Action. In: Tvedt, T. Chapman, G., Hagen, R., ed., A History of Water Series II, Volume 3: Water, Geopolitics and the New World Order. London, I.B. Tauris., pp. 28-48.
- Tvedt, T., Chapman, G. and Hagen, R. (2010). Water: A Source of Wars of a Pathway to Peace? An Empirical Critique of Two Dominant Schools of Thought on Water and International Politics. In: Tvedt, T. Chapman, G., Hagen, R., ed., A History of Water Series II, Volume 3: Water, Geopolitics and the New World Order. London, I.B. Tauris., pp. 78-108.
- Tvedt, T., Chapman, G. and Hagen, R. (2010). The Water Framework Directive: Redesigning the Map of Europe?. In: Tvedt, T. Chapman, G., Hagen, R., ed., A History of Water Series II, Volume 3: Water, Geopolitics and the New World Order. 听London, I.B. Tauris., pp. 241-260.
- Zeitoun, M., and Warner, J. (2006). Hydro-hegemony 鈥� a framework for analysis of trans-boundary water conflicts. Water Policy; Vol. 8: 435-460. London, IWA Publishing
Recommended reading
- Earle A., J盲gerskog A. and Ojendal J. 鈥淭ransboundary Water Management鈥� Principles and Practice publishing for a sustainable future. London. Washington, DC.
- Oestigaard, T. (2011). 鈥淲ater鈥�. In Insoll, T. (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion: 38-50. Oxford University Press. Oxford.
- Oestigaard, T. 2005. 鈥淲ater and World Religions. An Introduction鈥�. SFU & SMR. Bergen, Chapter Hinduism, p. 15-28
- Marsh R. (2015). 鈥淪ustaining health, rights, and the environment in the Lake Victoria Basin鈥� Pathfinder International, Technical Brief
- McIntyre O. (2013). 鈥�Utilization of shared international freshwater resources 鈥� the meaning and role of 鈥渆quity鈥� in international water law鈥�. Water International, Vol. 38, No. 2, 112鈥�129,
- Schemer, S., Gerlak A. and Blumstein, S. (2015). "Clearing the muddy waters of shared watercourses governance: conceptualising international River Basin Organizations禄.