Overview
- Exposes major lessons that might be applied to transboundary water governance
- Offers a comparative study of different governance models
- Shows how governance of the Rhone river evolved in practice
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Water Governance: Policy and Practice (PSWG)
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This book examines the issues at stake in transboundary water governance, it spotlights the Rhône River, a biophysical entity of enormous historical, political and economic importance. The Rhône has long been viewed essentially as a tool for energy production, heavily canalized and exploited by a series of dams and nuclear power plants – with the result that those who live along this great river have simply turned away.
Basing their work on a detailed analysis of the history and the current management of the Rhône, the authors explore the challenges linked with transboundary river basin governance including relevant international water law, appropriation of river and river resources by Nation States. Finally, they discuss a diverse range of institutional architectures and outlines several solutions that might cope with the growing complexity of transboundary management of a major river. The book will be of interest to scholars in fields such asenvironment studies, water policy and Natural Resource Management, it also has relevance to water managers and entrepreneurs concerned with staying abreast of developments in water policy and governance.
Basing their work on a detailed analysis of the history and the current management of the Rhône, the authors explore the challenges linked with transboundary river basin governance including relevant international water law, appropriation of river and river resources by Nation States. Finally, they discuss a diverse range of institutional architectures and outlines several solutions that might cope with the growing complexity of transboundary management of a major river. The book will be of interest to scholars in fields such asenvironment studies, water policy and Natural Resource Management, it also has relevance to water managers and entrepreneurs concerned with staying abreast of developments in water policy and governance.
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Keywords
- Danube River Commission
- River governance architectures
- Hydropower
- Columbia River
- The Rhône
- Natural Resource Management
- transboundary water management
- climate change
- sustainable development
- renewable energy
- climate governance
- water governance
- river basin management
- Rhine river
- water policy
- water quality and water pollution
Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Christian Bréthaut is an assistant professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He is the Co-Director of the UNESCO Chair in Hydropolitics and leads the Geneva Water Hub’s Research and Education component. His work centres on public policy analysis, institutionalism and political ecology, with a particular interest in water governance. He is currently focusing on transboundary rivers and on governance of the water-food-energy nexus.
Géraldine Pflieger is Professor of Environmental Policy in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She is Co-Director of the UNESCO Chair in Hydropolitics and Director of the University of Geneva’s Institute for Environmental Sciences. Her current research interests focus on the regulation of shared and common natural resources.
Géraldine Pflieger is Professor of Environmental Policy in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She is Co-Director of the UNESCO Chair in Hydropolitics and Director of the University of Geneva’s Institute for Environmental Sciences. Her current research interests focus on the regulation of shared and common natural resources.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Governance of a Transboundary River
Book Subtitle: The Rhône
Authors: Christian Bréthaut, Géraldine Pflieger
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Water Governance: Policy and Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19554-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19553-3Published: 05 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19556-4Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-19554-0Published: 23 July 2019
Series ISSN: 2947-910X
Series E-ISSN: 2947-9118
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 217
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environment Studies, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution