Strategic water : Iraq and security planning in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin

Parallelsachtitel: Iraq and security planning in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin
1. Verfasser: Lorenz, Frederick M., 1946- , [VerfasserIn]
Erickson, Edward J., 1950- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Quantico, Virginia : Marine Corps University Press, 2014
Umfang/Format: ix, 310 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 23 cm
Schlagworte:
Water-supply > Political aspects > Euphrates River Watershed.
Water-supply > Political aspects > Tigris River Watershed.
Water security > Euphrates River Watershed > Forecasting.
Water security > Tigris River Watershed > Forecasting.
Water resources development > Euphrates River Watershed > Forecasting.
Water resources development > Tigris River Watershed > Forecasting.
Climatic changes > Euphrates River Watershed > Forecasting.
Climatic changes > Tigris River Watershed > Forecasting.
Geopolitics > Euphrates River Watershed.
Geopolitics > Tigris River Watershed.
Iraq > Environmental conditions > Forecasting.
Online-Zugang: open access
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Water and the future of Iraq
  • The Euphrates-Tigris Basin and its history
  • Geopolitics in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin
  • Projected water demand and the impact of climate change
  • Iraq and the hidden issue: Kurdish control of the Tigris
  • Hydropolitics
  • Law, science, and diplomacy
  • The approaching crisis and a framework for action.

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