TY - JOUR
T1 - Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus in the Eastern Nile Basin
T2 - Assessing the Potential of Transboundary Regional Cooperation
AU - Al-saidi, Mohammad
AU - Elagib, Nadir Ahmed
AU - Ribbe, Lars
AU - Schellenberg, Tatjana
AU - Roach, Emma
AU - Oezhan, Deniz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Geophysical Union. Published 2017 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - With increasing demands and pressures on energy, food, and water resources in the region of the Eastern Nile basin, development projects and also potential for conflict along the Nile waters have increased. This study presents data on resource use patterns and reviews literature on the cooperation potential between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia in the sectors of water, energy, and food. It introduces the resource use profiles of the countries in the three sectors and summarizes common challenges to resource security and in regard to cross-cutting issues, such as climate risks and land degradation. The study also highlights the issues for transboundary cooperation using resources within and beyond the Nile. It emphasizes the importance of regional integration, using current country-specific potentials for easing river-sharing conflicts and fostering human development of riparian countries.
AB - With increasing demands and pressures on energy, food, and water resources in the region of the Eastern Nile basin, development projects and also potential for conflict along the Nile waters have increased. This study presents data on resource use patterns and reviews literature on the cooperation potential between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia in the sectors of water, energy, and food. It introduces the resource use profiles of the countries in the three sectors and summarizes common challenges to resource security and in regard to cross-cutting issues, such as climate risks and land degradation. The study also highlights the issues for transboundary cooperation using resources within and beyond the Nile. It emphasizes the importance of regional integration, using current country-specific potentials for easing river-sharing conflicts and fostering human development of riparian countries.
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U2 - 10.1002/9781119243175.ch10
DO - 10.1002/9781119243175.ch10
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85132034506
SN - 0065-8448
VL - 229
SP - 103
EP - 116
JO - Geophysical Monograph Series
JF - Geophysical Monograph Series
ER -