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River Basin Development and Human Rights in Eastern Africa -- a Policy Crossroads.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carr, Claudia J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2016.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Acronyms
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1 At Stake with River Basin Development in Eastern Africa
  • Abstract
  • River Basin Development in Africa: Development Versus Disaster
  • The Transboundary Character of Emerging Crisis in Eastern Africa
  • The Gibe III Dam and Linked Agricultural and Power Export Developments
  • Literature Cited
  • 2 The Persistent Paradigm for 'Modernizing' River Basins: Institutions and Policies in Ethiopia
  • Abstract
  • Early River Basin Development in Ethiopia
  • The Resurgence of Western Dominance in River Basin Development
  • 'Fast Track' to the Gibe III Megadam
  • A Nexus of Public Policy Institutions for River Basin Development: Collaboration with Complicity
  • Literature Cited
  • 3 The Seismic Threat to the Gibe III Dam: A Disaster in Waiting
  • Abstract
  • High Seismicity in the Gibe III Dam Region
  • Reservoir Seepage and Landslide Danger at the Gibe III Dam
  • Failed Government and Development Bank Seismic Review
  • Literature Cited
  • 4 Transboundary Survival Systems: A Profile of Vulnerability
  • Abstract
  • Indigenous Livelihoods and Survival Strategy Systems
  • Pastoral Dispossession and Rising Dependence on the Omo River and Lake Turkana
  • Environments in the Transboundary Region: From Pristine to Degraded
  • The Lowermost Omo River Basin and Environs
  • Lake Turkana and Environs
  • Cross-Border Conflict and Diminishing Resources: The Ilemi Triangle Ingredient
  • Literature Cited
  • 5 Components of Catastrophe: Social and Environmental Consequences of Omo River Basin Development
  • Abstract
  • Radical Reduction of River and Lake Waters by Omo Basin Development
  • Consequences for the Lowermost Omo River Basin
  • Consequences for the Lake Turkana Region
  • Consequences for the Ilemi Triangle and the Broader Region
  • Literature Cited.
  • 6 The Rush to Rationalize: Public Policies and Impact Assessments
  • Abstract
  • Launching the Gibe III Dam-And a System of Bias
  • The Myth of Flood 'Disasters' as Rationale for Megadam Development
  • Invalidity of the Ethiopian Government's Downstream Impact Assessment
  • The False Promise of an Artificial Flood 'Solution'
  • Multilateral Development Banks and the 'Complicity Treadmill'
  • Literature Cited
  • 7 The Dasanech of the Lowermost Omo Basin: From Adaptation to Development Debacle
  • Abstract
  • Dasanech Pastoral Decline: Roots and Responses
  • Adapting from Upland Pastoral Life to Diversified Economy at the River
  • Last Resort Survival: Desperate Dependence on Omo River Annual Flood
  • Ethiopian Expropriation and Political Repression of Riverine Communities
  • Literature Cited
  • 8 Nyangatom Livelihood and the Omo Riverine Forest
  • Abstract
  • Nyangatom Omo Settlements and Dependence on Riverine Resources
  • Fate of the Forest: Nyangatom Survival and Ethiopia's Heritage
  • Literature Cited
  • 9 Turkana Survival Systems at Lake Turkana: Vulnerability to Collapse
  • Abstract
  • Northern Turkana Pastoralists: The Long Decline and Migration to the Lake
  • Adaptation from Pastoral to Fishing Livelihood
  • Fishing Shoreline Communities: Household Practices and Resources
  • Fish Species and Critical Habitats
  • Counting the Discounted: Northern Turkana Population at the Lake
  • Literature Cited
  • 10 Human Rights Violations and the Policy Crossroads
  • Abstract
  • The Crisis Unfolding and the Human Right to Context
  • The Ethiopian Government's Violations of Human Rights in the Transboundary Region
  • Emerging Human Rights Violations in Kenya's Lake Turkana Region
  • International Development Bank Collaboration with Human Rights Violations.
  • The Stark Policy Choice: Catastrophic Level Destruction or Sustainable Development Within a Human Rights Framework
  • Literature Cited
  • Appendix A: Activation of Oil Explorationand Development in the Ethiopia-Kenya-SouthSudan Transboundary Region1
  • Appendix B: Species Collected in the Lower OmoRiver Basin and Transborder Region
  • Appendix C: Reference set of Selected Major Figures.

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