EGU2020-7148
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7148
EGU General Assembly 2020
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Socio-hydrological approach to understand conflict and cooperation dynamics in transboundary rivers

jing wei1, Mohammad Ghoreishi2, Felipe Souza3, You Lu4, and Fuqiang Tian5
jing wei et al.
  • 1Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (weijing2017@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)
  • 2School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (mohammad.ghoreishi@usask.ca)
  • 3Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, University of São Paulo, Brazil (felipeaas@usp.br )
  • 4Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (luy15@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn)
  • 5Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (tianfq@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)

Transboundary river basins share a complex network of environmental, economic, political, social and security interdependencies. Consequently, transboundary river systems are characterized by evolving conflict and cooperation dynamics between riparian states. The current literature on transboundary watersheds does not identify the key feedback loops between interconnected political, cultural, institutional and socioeconomic factors. This work compares sociohydrological models of three transboundary rivers (Nile River, Columbia River, and Lancang-Mekong River) with distinct characteristics in terms of hydrological processes and socioeconomic conditions. Conflict/cooperation dynamics within these three models were found to be driven by hydrological regime, economic benefits, power imbalance and institutional capacity. By comparing the contextual factors of the emergent conflict/cooperation dynamics across these three river basins, our synthesis study aims to present a general framework that explains how conflict/cooperation dynamics emerge from the interaction between human and hydrological systems.

How to cite: wei, J., Ghoreishi, M., Souza, F., Lu, Y., and Tian, F.: Socio-hydrological approach to understand conflict and cooperation dynamics in transboundary rivers, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-7148, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7148, 2020

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