Current and future transboundary water cooperation over the YarlungZangbo/Brahmaputra River basin: from an interdisciplinary perspective

While all riparian states in the YarlungZangbo/Brahmaputra River basin have conducted or planned dam-building, water diversion or other water-related activities to meet their respective national policy goals, they are also undertaking fragmented cooperation to solve conflicts and disputes as they ar...

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Autor principal:	Yanmei He
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Publicado:	IWA Publishing 2021
Materias:	preventive diplomacy riparian activities river basin organization sustainability trust building River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3702661f1f054083b6b702b7e6f38f2f2021-11-05T20:19:55ZCurrent and future transboundary water cooperation over the YarlungZangbo/Brahmaputra River basin: from an interdisciplinary perspective1366-70171996-975910.2166/wp.2021.008https://doaj.org/article/3702661f1f054083b6b702b7e6f38f2f2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://wp.iwaponline.com/content/23/5/1107https://doaj.org/toc/1366-7017https://doaj.org/toc/1996-9759While all riparian states in the YarlungZangbo/Brahmaputra River basin have conducted or planned dam-building, water diversion or other water-related activities to meet their respective national policy goals, they are also undertaking fragmented cooperation to solve conflicts and disputes as they arise. Mainly using a combination of natural, economic, social, environmental, political and legal factors affecting transboundary water cooperation as its analytical framework, this article explores the features of the current cooperation practice among the riparian states, then analyses manifold challenges the practice faces. The author lastly envisions an available path where all riparian states develop multilateral cooperation to address the challenges in the future. This article suggests that the rationale for future cooperation is the policy of preventive diplomacy with the aim of avoiding water conflicts and significant transboundary harm; the basic prerequisite for future potential cooperation is trust building among the riparian states, especially between China–India and between India–Bangladesh; the suitable form of future cooperation is expected to be an inclusive, comprehensive and coordination-oriented River Basin Organization; and the focus areas for future cooperation are supposed to be data sharing and riparian activities that all or most of the riparian states are suffering from. HIGHLIGHTS This article explores the current cooperation practice of the riparian states and envisions their future potential cooperation.; The riparian states need to implement the policy of preventive diplomacy.; An inclusive, comprehensive and coordination-oriented River Basin Organization may be established in the future.; Data sharing and riparian activities should be the main areas for future cooperation.;Yanmei HeIWA Publishingarticlepreventive diplomacyriparian activitiesriver basin organizationsustainabilitytrust buildingRiver, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)TC401-506ENWater Policy, Vol 23, Iss 5, Pp 1107-1128 (2021)
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topic	preventive diplomacy riparian activities river basin organization sustainability trust building River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506
spellingShingle	preventive diplomacy riparian activities river basin organization sustainability trust building River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506 Yanmei He Current and future transboundary water cooperation over the YarlungZangbo/Brahmaputra River basin: from an interdisciplinary perspective
description	While all riparian states in the YarlungZangbo/Brahmaputra River basin have conducted or planned dam-building, water diversion or other water-related activities to meet their respective national policy goals, they are also undertaking fragmented cooperation to solve conflicts and disputes as they arise. Mainly using a combination of natural, economic, social, environmental, political and legal factors affecting transboundary water cooperation as its analytical framework, this article explores the features of the current cooperation practice among the riparian states, then analyses manifold challenges the practice faces. The author lastly envisions an available path where all riparian states develop multilateral cooperation to address the challenges in the future. This article suggests that the rationale for future cooperation is the policy of preventive diplomacy with the aim of avoiding water conflicts and significant transboundary harm; the basic prerequisite for future potential cooperation is trust building among the riparian states, especially between China–India and between India–Bangladesh; the suitable form of future cooperation is expected to be an inclusive, comprehensive and coordination-oriented River Basin Organization; and the focus areas for future cooperation are supposed to be data sharing and riparian activities that all or most of the riparian states are suffering from. HIGHLIGHTS This article explores the current cooperation practice of the riparian states and envisions their future potential cooperation.; The riparian states need to implement the policy of preventive diplomacy.; An inclusive, comprehensive and coordination-oriented River Basin Organization may be established in the future.; Data sharing and riparian activities should be the main areas for future cooperation.;
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title	Current and future transboundary water cooperation over the YarlungZangbo/Brahmaputra River basin: from an interdisciplinary perspective
title_short	Current and future transboundary water cooperation over the YarlungZangbo/Brahmaputra River basin: from an interdisciplinary perspective
title_full	Current and future transboundary water cooperation over the YarlungZangbo/Brahmaputra River basin: from an interdisciplinary perspective
title_fullStr	Current and future transboundary water cooperation over the YarlungZangbo/Brahmaputra River basin: from an interdisciplinary perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Current and future transboundary water cooperation over the YarlungZangbo/Brahmaputra River basin: from an interdisciplinary perspective
title_sort	current and future transboundary water cooperation over the yarlungzangbo/brahmaputra river basin: from an interdisciplinary perspective
publisher	IWA Publishing
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Current and future transboundary water cooperation over the YarlungZangbo/Brahmaputra River basin: from an interdisciplinary perspective

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