Jerome Delli Priscoli

Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts: Water wars, water reality: Reframing the debate on transboundary water disputes, hydropolitics, and preventive hydrodiplomacy

Fierce competition for fresh water may well become a source of conflict and wars in the future. – Kofi Annan, March 2001 But the water problems of our world need not be only a cause of tension; they can also be a catalyst for cooperation. … If we work together, a secure and sustainable water future can be ours. – Kofi Annan, January 2002 Before delineating appropriate measures for water conflict prevention and management, we first need to address the larger issues between people and their environment – that is, who affects whom? It is quite clear that people affect their environment, but to what extent is the opposite true: just how deep is the causal relationship between environmental stresses and the structure of human politics? This relationship is at the heart of understanding the processes of environmental conflict prevention and resolution. If, as the large and growing “water wars” literature would have it (see, for example, Cooley, 1984; Starr, 1991; Bulloch and Darwish, 1993; Remans, 1995; Amery, 2002), the greatest threat for water conflicts is that water scarcity can and will lead directly to warfare between nations. This lends itself to diversion of a potentially huge amount of resources, in attempts to arrest these processes at the highest levels. If the processes are actually both more subtle and more local in nature (as suggested by, among others, Elhance, 1999; Marty, 2001; Chatterji, Arlosoroff, and Guha, 2002; Wolf, Yoffe, and Giordano, 2003b; Carius, Dabelko, and Wolf, 2004) then so too are the potential solutions.

Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts: Water conflict management: Theory and practice

Water is an eloquent advocate for reason. – Admiral Lewis Strauss WATER CONFLICT MANAGEMENT THEORY: ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND THE FLOW OF BENEFITS The principles The field of conflict management and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has brought new insights to negotiation and bargaining, adding much to the theory and practice of assisted negotiations, facilitation, and mediation. It has added practical tools to diagnose the causes of conflict and relate diagnosis to ADR techniques (see Delli Priscoli and Moore, 1988; Moore, 2003; and Shamir, 2003) The ADR field has codified a new language of interest-based bargaining. And much of these insights have arisen from environmental and natural resources cases. Much of the ADR literature is found among works written by mediators or negotiators themselves about their own work, case studies by outside observers, and a growing body of theoretical work (see, for example, Fisher and Ury, 1981, Fisher and Ury, 1991; Susskind and Cruikshank, 1987; Lewicki et al., 1994; Mnookin, Peppet, and Tulumello, 2000; and Kaufmann, 2002, as representative works that combine the three approaches). One distinction important in ADR is that between distributive (also known as zero-sum or win-lose) bargaining – negotiating over one set amount, where one partys gain is the others loss – and integrative (positive-sum or win-win) bargaining, where the solution is to everyones gain. Reaching a collaborative arrangement is the goal of integrative bargaining.

Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts: Subject Index

All living things need water. . . . Where water crosses boundaries – be they economic, legal, political, or cultural – the stage is set for disputes among different users trying to safeguard access to a vital resource, while protecting the natural environment. Without strategies to anticipate, address, and mediate among competing users, intractable water conflicts are likely to become more frequent, more intense, and more disruptive around the world. In this book, Jerome Delli Priscoli and Aaron T. Wolf investigate the dynamics of water conflict and conflict resolution, from the local to the international. They explore the inexorable links among three facets of conflict management and transformation: alternative dispute resolution (ADR), public participation, and institutional capacity. This practical guide will be invaluable to water management professionals, as well as to researchers and students in engineering, economics, geography, geology, and political science who are involved in any aspect of water management.

Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts: Author Index

All living things need water. . . . Where water crosses boundaries – be they economic, legal, political, or cultural – the stage is set for disputes among different users trying to safeguard access to a vital resource, while protecting the natural environment. Without strategies to anticipate, address, and mediate among competing users, intractable water conflicts are likely to become more frequent, more intense, and more disruptive around the world. In this book, Jerome Delli Priscoli and Aaron T. Wolf investigate the dynamics of water conflict and conflict resolution, from the local to the international. They explore the inexorable links among three facets of conflict management and transformation: alternative dispute resolution (ADR), public participation, and institutional capacity. This practical guide will be invaluable to water management professionals, as well as to researchers and students in engineering, economics, geography, geology, and political science who are involved in any aspect of water management.

Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts: List of Figures

All living things need water. . . . Where water crosses boundaries – be they economic, legal, political, or cultural – the stage is set for disputes among different users trying to safeguard access to a vital resource, while protecting the natural environment. Without strategies to anticipate, address, and mediate among competing users, intractable water conflicts are likely to become more frequent, more intense, and more disruptive around the world. In this book, Jerome Delli Priscoli and Aaron T. Wolf investigate the dynamics of water conflict and conflict resolution, from the local to the international. They explore the inexorable links among three facets of conflict management and transformation: alternative dispute resolution (ADR), public participation, and institutional capacity. This practical guide will be invaluable to water management professionals, as well as to researchers and students in engineering, economics, geography, geology, and political science who are involved in any aspect of water management.

Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts: Frontmatter

All living things need water. . . . Where water crosses boundaries – be they economic, legal, political, or cultural – the stage is set for disputes among different users trying to safeguard access to a vital resource, while protecting the natural environment. Without strategies to anticipate, address, and mediate among competing users, intractable water conflicts are likely to become more frequent, more intense, and more disruptive around the world. In this book, Jerome Delli Priscoli and Aaron T. Wolf investigate the dynamics of water conflict and conflict resolution, from the local to the international. They explore the inexorable links among three facets of conflict management and transformation: alternative dispute resolution (ADR), public participation, and institutional capacity. This practical guide will be invaluable to water management professionals, as well as to researchers and students in engineering, economics, geography, geology, and political science who are involved in any aspect of water management.

Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts: List of Sidebars

All living things need water. . . . Where water crosses boundaries – be they economic, legal, political, or cultural – the stage is set for disputes among different users trying to safeguard access to a vital resource, while protecting the natural environment. Without strategies to anticipate, address, and mediate among competing users, intractable water conflicts are likely to become more frequent, more intense, and more disruptive around the world. In this book, Jerome Delli Priscoli and Aaron T. Wolf investigate the dynamics of water conflict and conflict resolution, from the local to the international. They explore the inexorable links among three facets of conflict management and transformation: alternative dispute resolution (ADR), public participation, and institutional capacity. This practical guide will be invaluable to water management professionals, as well as to researchers and students in engineering, economics, geography, geology, and political science who are involved in any aspect of water management.

Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts: Special Contributors

All living things need water. . . . Where water crosses boundaries – be they economic, legal, political, or cultural – the stage is set for disputes among different users trying to safeguard access to a vital resource, while protecting the natural environment. Without strategies to anticipate, address, and mediate among competing users, intractable water conflicts are likely to become more frequent, more intense, and more disruptive around the world. In this book, Jerome Delli Priscoli and Aaron T. Wolf investigate the dynamics of water conflict and conflict resolution, from the local to the international. They explore the inexorable links among three facets of conflict management and transformation: alternative dispute resolution (ADR), public participation, and institutional capacity. This practical guide will be invaluable to water management professionals, as well as to researchers and students in engineering, economics, geography, geology, and political science who are involved in any aspect of water management.