Why Water Diplomacy?
The most challenging contemporary water problems cross scales and boundaries — natural, societal, and political. The goal of Water Diplomacy is to build and institutionalize the relationships necessary to address them at the appropriate scale.
Our Vision
Create an accessible reference for those seeking negotiated resolutions to water conflicts and dialogue opportunities at the transnational, subnational, and community scale.
Why a handbook? How will it be different from other publications?
Many publications address these issues only at a theoretical level, and we see a compelling need for a handbook that is practice-oriented in content, structure, and its approach to theory-practice synthesis. Read a detailed overview.
Our Contributors
Our contributors reflect a diversity of experience addressing complex water issues across the globe, and a balanced representation of gender and career orientation – from academia to practice.
Our Audience
We hope to create a practical reference for anyone working to achieve a negotiated resolution to a water conflict or to strengthen emerging cooperation over a shared water resource. The handbook will utilize accessible language and does not presuppose any specific background knowledge.
Details
Title: Routledge Handbook of Water Diplomacy
Publisher: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
Length: 54 chapters
Access: Available open access under a Creative Commons license from the Taylor & Francis open-access edition, or purchase a hard copy from Routledge.
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Editors
Dr. Shafiqul Islam
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Director of the Water Diplomacy Program
Tufts University
Mr. Kevin M. Smith
PhD Candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering & Fellow of the Water Diplomacy Program
Tufts University
Dr. Martina Klimes
Advisor for Water and Peace
Stockholm International Water Institute and the International Centre for Water Cooperation
Dr. Aaron Salzberg
Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering & Director of The Water Institute
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill