Afghanistan-Pakistan Shared Waters: State of the Basins (eBook)

Muhammad Azeem Ali Shah, Jonathan Lautze, Asadullah Meelad (Herausgeber)

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2023
280 Seiten
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-80062-237-1 (ISBN)

Infos

An overview of the three most important Afghanistan-Pakistan River Basins, in collaboration with water professionals and government agencies. Key aspects include water resources, land resources, ecological health, environment, climate change, and the social and economic conditions for sustainable management of these precious resources.

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There is currently no water cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Of the nine rivers that flow across the border, none possess a formal agreement or mechanism to manage shared water resources. Further, there is very little information available about the status of environment, hydrology and water resources management for these river basins that could be used as a starting point for dialogues on transboundary water coordination. This State of the Basins book co-develops an overview of the three most important river basins, in collaboration with international experts and water professionals from Afghanistan and Pakistan. It covers water resources, land resources, ecological health, environment, climate change, and the social and economic conditions for sustainable management of these precious resources. It will inform decision making within the two countries, and begin to establish benefits that can accrue from more active collaboration on these shared waters. This book:


· Focuses on portions of the Indus shared by Afghanistan and Pakistan.
· Features extensive engagement and co-development with Afghan and Pakistani professionals.
· Is the first book on the shared waters in the Indus, developed in the context of regional realities associated with post-August 2021 Taliban takeover.

The book is aimed at students and researchers in water rights and resources, and government decision makers, private sector investors, donors, intermediary organizations that work directly with farmers, researchers and students. It is a reference book for graduate students and researchers working on these basins, and on transboundary river basin management in Asia and beyond.

Autor

Muhammad Azeem Ali Shah (Edited By) Dr. Muhammad Azeem Ali Shah is an international researcher working on water governance institutions at the International Water Management Institute, Lahore, Pakistan. His expertise is in water governance, transboundary water management, flow monitoring/instrumentation, natural resource management and solar-based irrigation systems. Before IWMI, Azeem worked as Principal and Senior Researcher on donor-funded transboundary water management projects with the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan. He also served in the corporate sector with multinational companies Nestlé and Honda.Jonathan Lautze (Edited By) Dr. Jonathan Lautze is Research Group Leader, Integrated Management of Basins and Aquifers, at the International Water Management Institute in South Africa. His expertise is in water security, transboundary waters, water-energy-food nexus and water health. Before IWMI he worked at United States Agency for International Development (USAID), World Bank and the Peace Corps.Asadullah Meelad (Edited By) Asadullah Meelad is a transboundary water expert from Afghanistan. His research and work experience are focused on water governance, policy and river basin institutions. He worked as policy and legal advisor with several ministries of the Afghan Government (i.e. Ministry of Energy and Water & Ministry of Foreign Affairs) on transboundary water. He has also worked as a national consultant and legal water expert in the private sector.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.8.2023
• Co-Autor: Alias Wardak, Arif Anwar, Fazilda Nabeel, Hassaan Furqan, Inayatullah Jan, Karthikeyan Matheswaran, Marie-Charlotte Buisson, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Muhammad Tousif Bhatti, Muhammad Zia ur Rahman Hashmi, Mujib Ahmad Azizi, Paul Pavelic, Shakeel Hayat, Taimoor Akhtar
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Schlagworte: Afghanistan • basins • climate change • Indus • International agreements • International cooperation • Kabul • land resources • Pakistan • rivers • Transboundary • water resources
• ISBN-10: 1-80062-237-6 / 1800622376
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80062-237-1 / 9781800622371