Conflict, Cooperation and Institutions in International Water Management

An Economic Analysis

Advances in Ecological Economics series

Ines Dombrowsky, Head, Department of Environmental Policy and Management of Natural Resources, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) / German Development Institute, Germany

This book asks under which conditions cooperation is in the interest of the riparian countries sharing international waters, and how institutions must be designed to realize potential gains of cooperation.

‘While I recommend this book as a whole, a couple of its chapters are especially fascinating. I found the review of international law to be comprehensive and well structured, and the chapter on the role of problem structure to be mind opening, especially for demonstration of strategic behavior in the field of international water. This book will benefit those interested in the conflict-cooperation discourse in the field of international water.’
– Ariel Dinar, Land Economics

‘. . . this book offers a good summary of the issues surrounding integrated water resource management as a tool for water resource management across national boundaries an some useful alternative views on the issues. It would provide a useful resource for scholars, practitioners and policy-makers including economists, political scientists, international lawyers, natural scientists, and water resource managers.’
– Adam Loch, Land Use Policy

‘This data collection offers a great opportunity for further research on international water management, and some suggestions in this respect are also made in the final chapter, where the main findings are summarized and policy implications and research opportunities are offered.’
——玛莉特•Brochmann和平杂志》上Research