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News publ. 27. Sep 2011
The book “Turkey’s Water Policy – National Frameworks and International Cooperation” edited by Aysegul Kibaroglu (OKAN University, Turkey), Waltina Scheumann (German Development Institute), and Annika Kramer (adelphi) analyses the current state of Turkey’s water policy and its management of both national and transboundary waters. The book was recently published by Springer and is available as hardcover as well as eBook.
Water is a strategic natural resource of vital importance to all nations. As such it has been the cause of several international disputes. For Turkey especially, water is crucial to social and economic development. Turkey’s current national water regime that emphasises water resources development and management for productive uses, however, faces growing environmental concerns and international criticism regarding transboundary water cooperation. Furthermore, EU accession requires Turkey to adopt an extensive and ambitious body of EU water law. To understand Turkey’s position to international water law, the national policies and socio-economic circumstances that impact water resources management need to be considered. This book fills the existing knowledge gap through its broad perspective on Turkey’s water policy. It is a unique undertaking that brings together Turkish and international authors, practitioners and academics, covering all aspects of water management.
The idea for this book and some of its chapters are based on a study on Turkey’s transboundary rivers that was carried out by adelphi and its partners as part of a research project funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in 2005. Annika Kramer, Senior Project Manager at adelphi was involved in the initial research project and played a significant role in the conceptualisation of the book.
Further information can be found at:
www.springer.com/alert/u…
The eBook is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.100…