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The Politicization Of Water: Transboundary Water-Conflict In The Indian Subcontinent, Ananya Gupta
The Politicization Of Water: Transboundary Water-Conflict In The Indian Subcontinent, Ananya Gupta
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The Himalaya-Hindu Kush mountain range and the Tibetan Plateau birth ten of Asia’s most prominent rivers providing irrigation, energy, and drinking water to over two billion people across several countries today. Therefore, transboundary water sharing is a constant source of conflict for several South Asian countries that rely on rivers to support their primarily agrarian economies.
In recent years, climate change has drastically increased global temperatures. As a result, the Indian subcontinent has been plagued with extreme riverine flood and drought events.
Climate change-related events like riverine floods and drought, exacerbate the politicization of conflict between nations that share natural …