Where can social learning be improved in international river basin management in Europe?

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 216-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilke Borowski ◽  
Claudia Pahl-Wostl
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
River Basin ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
International River Basin ◽  
International River

scholarly journals Assessment framework of actor strategies in international river basin management, the case of Deltarhine

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Renner ◽  
Sander Meijerink ◽  
Pieter van der Zaag ◽  
Toine Smits
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Local Level ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
International Rivers ◽  
Cooperative Strategies ◽  
International River Basin ◽  
International River

Abstract The combined effects of socio-economic growth as well as climate change exert increasing pressure on international river basins and require dedicated cooperative efforts to jointly manage international rivers. Cooperative strategies drawn from scientific literature, empirical research and practitioner’s handbooks are explored and clustered into six key dimensions of goals, instruments, structures, actors, leadership and resources to provide an assessment tool of actor strategies for both scientists and practitioners. The exploratory framework is applied to Dutch–German cooperation in the delta of the Rhine catchment, testing its conceptual validity and applicability in international river basin management as well as providing policy recommendations for the study area. The assessment framework can serve as an instrument to inventory, map and evaluate the importance of specific actor strategies and to facilitate dialogue and cross-border cooperation between riparian countries. Alternatively, the framework can be put to use, for example by downstream countries, to assess and coordinate their range of strategies on the national, regional and local level in order to engage and influence their counterparts.

Approaches to Water Dispute Resolution: Applications to Arab-Israeli Negotiations

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-325
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Water Conflict ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
History Of ◽  
Water Dispute ◽  
Water Treaties ◽  
International River

AbstractIncreasing and competing demands among countries for water is a major cause of international disputes. This article builds on research of negotiation processes and institutional frameworks of international river basin management. Its focus is the search for effective approaches that can be applied to the resolution of Arab-Israeli water disputes. While every dispute is unique, the Arab-Israeli situation is not the only case with stubborn and long-standing enmities, shortages of water resources, political and economic power imbalances, absences from negotiations of vital riparians, and rapidly changing political climates. In the Arab-Israeli water dispute, there are both parallels and lessons to be learned from the situations in other river basins.The treaties that have thus far emerged from Arab-Israeli negotiations are briefly reviewed, as is the potential for future regional agreements. The history of other river basin negotiations is useful in charting the future directions of the Arab-Israeli water conflict. Issues include options and modes of negotiation, information and technology sharing, the importance of the geopolitical climate, comprehensive versus incremental agreements, linkage of water agreements to environmental and other issues, the power balance among participants, cost-sharing strategies, and institutions, and the capacity for implementation.Although the strained political relations between Arabs and Israelis have worsened in the past year and one-half, the water treaties do not seem endangered for the most part. Indeed, water negotiations may again become one of the confidence-building measures that can facilitate other more general negotiations, after the current stalemate is broken.

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