Water Geopolitics

Water Geopolitics:

• Water issues can turn into disputes (hydropolitics)
• As water resources take on greater significance, agreements lead to greater water diplomacy
• Upstream countries assert ther right of territorial sovereignty
• Downstream countries claim territorial integrity (the rigt to receive the same amount and quality of water as they have had in the past)

Riparian Rights:

• Riparian water rights is a system for allocating water among those who possess land about its source
• All landowners…