Downstream egypt and the sudan are arid but benefit from a notional total use of the flowing surface waters. Elhances definition of hydropolitics is the systematic study of conflict and cooperation between states over water. Hydrology and hydropolitics 4000 cubic kilometersyear 70 % irrigation 20 % manufacturing. The latest egyptian hydropolitics with respect to the nile is the new valley project where 415,000 acres at abu simbel and its environs will be irrigated and finished by the year 2001 and allow at least 7 million egyptians a new home. This chapter examines the nile and okavango basins in a comparative manner. One can easily confirm this fact by looking its policies and the speech addressed by its leaders. Egyptian protests, ethiopian dams, and the hydropolitics.
The first use of the term, hydropolitics, came in the book hydropolitics of the nile valley. The water conflict in the nile valley watersexpert. The case of ethiopia and egypt joel okundi obengo abstract this article analyses the political relationship between ethiopia and egypt. Population growth, poverty, ecosystem degradation and water scarcity are serious threats to political stability in the nile basin nations. Needless to say, without the water of nile, egypt is totally a vast desert land 98% of the total land except small. The book includes analysis and approaches that will help provide different insights into the hydrology of this complex basin, which.
Salman member, iwra as a result of the choice of the people of southern sudan for secession during the january 2011 referendum, a number of dif. The main nile riverine states involved in the conflict are egypt, sudan and ethiopia. Hydropolitics of the nile river 31 tanzania have shared longterm tension over their primary water source the nile river. Geopolitics of the eastern nile basin 81 introduction 81. It provides fresh water not only for domestic and industrial use,but also. Hydropolitics and water security in the nile and jordan river basins sea dumont 2009, 121. Nile watershydrological cooperation vs hydropolitics.
West nile virus wnv is an emerging mosquitoborne rna virus of global significance that can infect the central nervous system cns of various host species and cause severe neurological disease. Professor, statistic department, yildiz technical university, turkey mehmet samil gunes researcher at hydro politics association in ankara, turkey abstract. Challenges and new investments earthscan studies in water resource management. Aaron tesfaye william paterson university, wayne, nj. The hydropolitics of dams download ebook pdf, epub. A cryptic hydropolitical history of the nile basin for students of hydropolitics. The nile river water quality and its bed sediments were studied for two successive years 2011 and 2012 at ten sites along the nile river from aswan to assiut during low and high flow conditions. The nile basin is characterised by a number of asymmetries. Most of egypts cities and population lie along the nile valley, north of aswan and most of its cultural and historical sites lie along the banks ofthe river. Water struggles in the nile basin have recently intensified as egyptian nationalists denounce ethiopias building of the grand renaissance dam on the blue nile, the rivers largest tributary. As a result, egyptian authorities have adopted a policy of moving people out of the old valley towards new reclaimed lands in the desert, wherein new agricultural. The study will discuss the crisis of ligitimate and aquired water rights and illustrates the differences between the countries of origin and those of estuary. Grand renaissance dam dursun yildiz director of hydro politics association, ankara, turkey dogan yildiz assist.
Hydropolitics and regional stability in the nile basin. In the 1929 nile treaty between britain and its egyptian. The concept of hydropolitics the geopolitics of water first emerges in a book in 1979 waterbury, 1979. Environmental issues and the hydropolitics of the eastern. Conflict and cooperation in a transboundary watercourse by. Unfortunately, hydropolitics has taken the front seat in the inter play of forces. Water politics wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. All upstream riparians in the nile basin, including the. In the 1990s and 2000s the concept was further detailed but rare definitions were. The new state of south sudan and the hydropolitics of the.
The nile river is subject to political interactions. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. First, the water endowments and use are asymmetrical. This agreement claims to announce the rights of upper riparian states to use the waters of the nile. The nile river basin water, agriculture, governance and livelihoods the nile is the worlds longest river and sustains the livelihoods of millions of people across ten countries in africa. The nile basin initiative act food and agriculture. Hydrology and hydropolitics portland state university. Challenges and new investments earthscan studies in water resource management sandstrom, emil, jagerskog, anders, oestigaard, terje on.
This study deals with the current and the potential future conflict about the water crisis between countries of the nile valley, which could escalate even more fiercely during the next 20 years. South sudan and the hydropolitics of the nile basin may 7th, 2011. Egypt claims that it has historical and natural rights on the river and will be governed by the hydropolitical doctrines of primary need, prior use and acquired water rights. Click download or read online button to get the hydropolitics of dams book now. Hydropolitics of the nile valley contemporary issues in. Egypt, nile river regulation, nile river valley politics and government, nile, nil fleuve. Youth when it first starts out, a river is still small and narrow, a mountain spring whose waters run quickly downwards towards the valley. It aims to provide an analytical framework to unpack this complex relationship and assess the impacts that the nile river has on. Ethiopia is now diverting the river in preparation for construction, angering many egyptians, whose country is heavily dependent on the nile flow. The eight upstream riparians provide all the surface water in the basin but they make negligible use of these surface waters. West nile virus and its emergence in the united states of. In may 2010, upper riparian states reinforced this statement by opening the nile basin cooperative framework agreement for signature.
The wadi passes through gharb darfur near the northern border with chad and meets. The nile basin by its size, political divisions and history constitutes a major freshwaterrelated environmental resource and focus of attention. Chapter three hydropolitics and water security in the nile. This era can be called the bilateral period as it is dominated by. An act to confer legal status in uganda on the nile basin initiative, and otherwise give the force of law in uganda to the signed agreed minute no. The nile ends in a large delta that empties into the mediterranean sea. The teleology of water scarcity and conflict is refuted, with the discourse of cooperation providing the main backdrop to the chapter. In the past, tensions were muted by several factors. I just finished reading john waterburys the nile basin. The land here is sloping, often steep, and does not allow the river to create an alternative course. Hydropolitics of the nile valley by waterbury, john. The new state of south sudan and the hydropolitics of the nile basin salman m.
The blue nile and white nile merge near khartoum in sudan and flow northwards, mostly through desert into egypt. Water sharing in the nile river valley unepdewagridgeneva dr i abstract the issue of freshwater is one of highest priority for the united nations environment programme unep. Environmental issues and the hydro politics of the eastern nile basin. The book offers a concise introduction to the politics of international water basins as well as the various points of contention among the riparian states in the wider nile basin. Central issues raised include the aspect of scale, not only in terms of actual numbers, but also in terms of political complexity. The hydro politics of nile, past, present and future. The nile basin initiative nbi is an intergovernmental partnership of ten nile riparian countries that is seeking to manage and develop the common nile water resources in a cooperative manner and promote regional peace and security. The worlds longest river, which flows northwards and crisscrosses eleven countries, has been a particular point of tension between egypt and ethiopia for a long time. It is the worlds longest river flowing 6,700 kilometers through ten countries in northeastern africa rwanda, burundi, democratic republic of the congo drc, tanzania, kenya, uganda, ethiopia, south sudan, sudan and egypt with varying climates considering the basin area of the nile, sudan has the largest size 1. Horses and humans are regarded as deadend hosts while.
The african continent, while contributing least to greenhouse gas ghg emissions, is most vulnerable and will be hit hardest by the. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. An attempt is made to examine the ongoing political and economic changes in the upstream countries as well as in sudan and on how these dynamics might affect and challenge both the regional balance of power and the ongoing issue of hydro politics. Egypt, ethiopia and the nile a look at the ongoing dispute over the grand ethiopian renaissance dam and its impact on the. Slope of the nile from lake victoria to the mediterra.
The hydropolitics of the nile river basin springerlink. Hydropolitics of the nile valley contemporary issues in the middle east hardcover december 1, 1979 by john waterbury author visit amazons john waterbury page. Nile river basin the international water management. Jordan jordan is 80 percent desert and ranks among the nations with the scarcest. The nile can not be an exception to this general law of international rivers. Zoonotic transmission of wnv occurs between avian hosts and ornithophilic mosquito vectors 64, 141. Water politics, sometimes called hydropolitics, is politics affected by the availability of water and water resources, a necessity for all life forms and human development.