The second was in the nile river valley in egypt, then in the indus valley of india and the shang river valley of china. I just finished reading john waterburys the nile basin. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Slope of the nile from lake victoria to the mediterra. That observation is no less true today than in the distant past, because not only the prosperity of. Geopolitics of the eastern nile basin 81 introduction 81. Click download or read online button to get the hydropolitics of dams book now. This agreement claims to announce the rights of upper riparian states to use the waters of the nile. In the 1929 nile treaty between britain and its egyptian. The everyday politics of water in egypt, jessica barnes also uses a political ecological approach, but she does so in service of contrasting aims and arguments. Jordan jordan is 80 percent desert and ranks among the nations with the scarcest.
The hydropolitics of africa download ebook pdf, epub. The system used canals of various sizes to draw this water off the nile into basins along the nile valley and in the delta. Egyptian protests, ethiopian dams, and the hydropolitics. The river nile is a shared natural resource and its waters are neither evenly distributed nor effectively managed. Ethiopia, egypt and the nile hydropolitics of the nile valley from conflict to cooperation in the nile basin. Aaron tesfaye william paterson university, wayne, nj.
In the past, tensions were muted by several factors. Egypt, nile river regulation, nile river valley politics and government, nile, nil fleuve. Hydropolitics of the nile valley contemporary issues in. Via water international, a detailed look at issues related to the sharing and management of the waters of the nile river, the conservation and use of the waters of the huge swamps of southern sudan, and the relationship with the other nile riparians faced by the new state of south sudan faces in connection. In an ideal world, water is supposed to be uniformly distributed and easily accessed by each and every state. Hydropolitics and regional stability in the nile basin. Hydropolitics of the nile, the 18th camel and water. The new state of south sudan and the hydropolitics of the. Hence, a first variable in our analysis of the nile rivers role in.
Elhances definition of hydropolitics is the systematic study of conflict and cooperation between states over water. Origins of agriculture origins of agriculture the nile valley. 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. 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. Ancient river valley civilizations the first civilizations appeared between the tigris and the euphrates river valleys in mesopotamia. Egyptian civilization has sustained itself utilizing water management and agriculture for some 5,000 years in the nile river valley. The first use of the term, hydropolitics, came in the book hydropolitics of the nile valley. Kenya says sudan and egypt want to monopolize nile water. The tensionridden hydropolitics of the nile ethiopia. 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. 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.
The cenozoic period of the blue nile was one of upheavals, plate movements. Blue nile river, from ethiopian border to khartoum the cross and the river. Nile floods and the irrigation system in fifteenthcentury. By the first quarter of the 7th millennium bp in alfayyum, some villages were keeping sheep, goats, and swine and cultivating emmer, barley, cotton, and flax, which was woven into linen. The new state of south sudan and the hydropolitics of the nile basin salman m. Professor, statistic department, yildiz technical university, turkey mehmet samil gunes researcher at hydro politics association in ankara, turkey abstract. The case of ethiopia and egypt joel okundi obengo abstract this article analyses the political relationship between ethiopia and egypt. Attempts to develop the nile and control its waters are of vital significance to the future of the inhabitants of egypt, the sudan, ethiopia, and east africa. Protestors gathered in front of the ethiopian embassy. The interface between national interest and regional. A game theory approach to understanding the nile river basin. Nile river, water resources, hydropolitics, environmental security, national agreements, egypt current and future needs of water, the impact of water scarcity on egypt national security 16. The main nile riverine states involved in the conflict are egypt, sudan and ethiopia.
Associate professor of history abstract as early as the 4th century b. A cryptic hydropolitical history of the nile basin for students of hydropolitics. Hydropolitics is defined as the systematic study of conflict and cooperate over international water resources elhance 1997. Chapter three hydropolitics and water security in the nile. Egypt and the hydropolitics of the blue nile river by daniel kendie, ph. The nile issue and the battle of adwa forth coming the gumuz of matakal and their agaw neighbors. Hydropolitics of the nile, the 18th camel and water diplomacy.
Ethiopia is now diverting the river in preparation for construction, angering many egyptians, whose country is heavily dependent on the nile flow. The hydropolitics of the nile river basin springerlink. Hydropolitics of the nile valley by waterbury, john. She draws on ethnographic research in the period from 2007 to 2009, prior to the disruptions in 2011 noted above, to argue how everyday politics make. In may 2010, upper riparian states reinforced this statement by opening the nile basin cooperative framework agreement for signature. The new state of south sudan and the hydropolitics of the nile basin, water international, 36.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. With a surface area of 67,000 square kilometers and being the second largest lake in the world after superior, raising the level by 1 metre would create an additional storage for 67 bcm or 80% of the annual niles. The nile river dispute, the journal of modern africa. Grand renaissance dam dursun yildiz director of hydro politics association, ankara, turkey dogan yildiz assist. Hydrology and hydropolitics portland state university. It aims to provide an analytical framework to unpack this complex relationship and assess the impacts that the nile river has on. Population growth, poverty, ecosystem degradation and water scarcity are serious threats to political stability in the nile basin nations. The hydropolitics of dams download ebook pdf, epub. The egyptians practiced basin irrigation, a form of water management adapted to the natural rise and fall of the nile river. This is a history of the hydropolitics of the nile valley from 1900 to 1988. A history of ethnic interaction, 1898 to 1974 forth coming legal impediments to proper cultural heritage management in ethiopia forth coming book.
Egypt and the hydropolitics of the blue nile river project muse. Hydropolitics of the nile river 31 tanzania have shared longterm tension over their primary water source the nile river. Challenges and new investments earthscan studies in water resource management sandstrom, emil, jagerskog, anders, oestigaard, terje on. The first use of the term, hydropolitics, came in the book by john waterbury, entitled hydropolitics of the nile valley, syracuse university press, 1979 isbn 0815621922 because of overpopulation, mass consumption, misuse, and water pollution, the availability of drinking water per capita is. While much of the basin is sparsely populated, rapidly growing urban centres, most notably cairo population 16. In ancient egypt, agricultural exploitation apparently did not intensify until domesticated animals from southwest asia were introduced. 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. Shafiqul islam on february 7, 2014 in opinions from the cairo airport lounge returning to boston from nazareth, ethiopia after leading an intensive twoday workshop organized by entroensap. Though the conflict itself is well understood from a his torical and contemporary hydropolitics perspective, political modeling.
Interaction between water availability, water management in egypt and sudan, and international relations in the eastern nile basin, howard law journal. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. South sudan and the hydropolitics of the nile basin may 7th, 2011. Hydrology and hydropolitics 4000 cubic kilometersyear 70 % irrigation 20 % manufacturing. In reality however, and especially in africa, there is a challenge in watersharing because of the increasing demand resulting from rapid population growth. The nile river is subject to political interactions. All upstream riparians in the nile basin, including the. The term was coined by john waterbury you cant make this stuff up, really in his 1979 book hydropolitics of the nile valley, and generally refers to the politics surrounding transboundary water resources. Challenges and new investments earthscan studies in water resource management. Nile water and agriculture the nile river we know is quite different from the deep eonile formed during the late miocene period, 25 to 5. This book addresses the history of hydropolitics of the nile river basin from 1900 to 1988. Keywords hydropolitics 4 transboundary water interactions 4 nile river basin 4 yarmouk. 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.