Product Description

Product Description
Due to a variety of reasons, water resources on the globe arebecoming scarcer. The degree of water scarcity and its political,economic and social implications are felt more severely in regionslike the Middle East. The Euphrates-Tigris river basin is one of themajor sources of water, but also a source of tension in the region.Unless cooperation is achieved among the riparian countries, namelyTurkey, Syria and Iraq, in the areas of management, allocation andutilisation of the waters of the Euphrates-Tigris basin, growingscarcity may result not only in conflict, but also in furtherdevastation of an extremely vital source. Recently, water has become asubject matter of international law, and formal and informaldeliberations in international conferences have produced generalprinciples and norms for using and managing water resourceseffectively. Hence, this book is an attempt to put together ameaningful set of principles, norms, rules, and decision-makingprocedures of a region-specific regime framework for effectiveutilisation of the waters of the Euphrates-Tigris river basin with aview to promoting cooperation among the riparian countries. ... Read more