Water Politics in Asia

IF 1.2 4区 社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Science Pub Date : 2020-05-27 DOI:10.1093/obo/9780199756223-0309
Lei Xie
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Transboundary water courses abound in Asia, which is experiencing risks with regards to the use of water and the sustainability of water ecology. Many of the Asian states are facing growing pressures to react to global change, with a high level of both poverty and population growth. Asia’s water politics have been explored from a range of perspectives, reflecting the complicated discourses, processes, and narratives when the global South respond to water-related challenges. Within these nations, the low economic development level and the underdevelopment of key democratic institutions as well as limited knowledge in water management have posed challenges to the region to setting up efficient institutional arrangements to promote sustainable development. The geographical conditions make the sharing of international rivers more complicated. Large-scale rivers are often found to run through a number of countries, resulting in each state possessing asymmetric interests in the shared water resources. Vulnerability in the river basin is often unevenly spread among riparian states, adding to the difficulty of countries’ peacefully resolving tensions over the shared water resources. Moreover, regional security in South Asia is considered to be unstable and rapidly changing. Some international rivers run near national borders, complicating the existing border disputes in some places. Questions are raised if the region has developed strong resilience when faced with water-related risks such as water scarcity and degradation.
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亚洲的水政治
亚洲有许多跨界水道,在水的利用和水生态的可持续性方面面临着风险。许多亚洲国家在应对全球变化方面面临越来越大的压力,贫困和人口增长水平都很高。亚洲的水政治已经从一系列的角度进行了探索,反映了复杂的话语,过程和叙事,当全球南方应对与水有关的挑战。在这些国家内部,经济发展水平低、关键民主体制不发达以及水资源管理方面的知识有限,对该区域建立有效的体制安排以促进可持续发展构成挑战。地理条件使国际河流的共享更加复杂。大型河流通常流经多个国家,导致每个国家在共享水资源方面拥有不对称的利益。河流流域的脆弱性往往不均匀地分布在沿岸国家,这增加了各国和平解决共享水资源紧张局势的难度。此外,南亚的区域安全被认为是不稳定和迅速变化的。一些国际河流在国家边界附近流淌,使一些地方现有的边界争端复杂化。如果该地区在面对水资源短缺和退化等与水有关的风险时具有强大的抵御能力,那么问题就来了。
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期刊介绍: Political Science publishes high quality original scholarly works in the broad field of political science. Submission of articles with a regional focus on New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific is particularly encouraged, but content is not limited to this focus. Contributions are invited from across the political science discipline, including from the fields of international relations, comparative politics, political theory and public administration. Proposals for collections of articles on a common theme or debate to be published as special issues are welcome, as well as individual submissions.
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