Design and impact of water treaties Managing climate change /

• Main Author: Zentner, Matthew (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Springer Theses
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Environmental management.; Climate change.; Hydrogeology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Water pollution.; Earth Sciences.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Environmental Management.
• Physical Description: X, 214 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642237430

This study presents a unique way to utilize the existing literature to explain the success of treaties in managing hydrologic stress. Literature-derived core concepts are summarized as seven treaty mechanisms categories (specificity, uncertainty management, enforcement, communications, flexibility, integrativeness, and scale) and are hypothesized as important for shaping the institutional resiliency of a treaty. Treaty design is shown to have a relevant and important role in shaping basin management so that nations may better achieve their goals in a changing climate.