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Integrated basin management for the ganges / Mosharefa Shahjahan in JRBM : International journal of river basin management, Vol. 10 N° 1 (Janvier 2012) 

Public ISBD [article]  in JRBM : International journal of river basin management > Vol. 10 N° 1 (Janvier 2012) . - pp. 49-64 Titre : Integrated basin management for the ganges : Challenges and opportunities Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Mosharefa Shahjahan, Auteur ; Nick Harvey, Auteur Année de publication : 2012 Article en page(s) : pp. 49-64 Note générale : Hydraulique Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Integrated  river  basin  management  Transboundary  rivers  The  Ganges  basin  Cooperation  Basin-wide  planning  and  basin  organization Résumé : Integrated river basin management (IRBM) emphasizes the need for managing the river as a system irrespective of administrative boundaries. Although IRBM is being adopted for many trans-boundary rivers, progress can be slow, particularly where there is a history of dispute. The Ganges basin in South Asia is one such case that experienced numerous conflicts over water between the riparian states, notably between India and Bangladesh. The power imbalance between states, mistrust and antagonism, prevailing national interest over the regional benefit, and most importantly lack of an effective institutional mechanism contributed to the complexity of implementing IRBM in the Ganges context. Despite these challenges, there is a consensus about the significant benefits that could be gained through multilateral regional cooperation over water. This paper analyses the challenges of multilateral cooperation towards IRBM in the Ganges context and examines the scope for overcoming these challenges. The paper argues that IRBM in the Ganges context depends on cooperation towards a basin-wide management approach, and a basin organization is a prerequisite to that. It suggests creation of a basin organization in the Ganges context by sharing experiences from other parts of the world and concludes with a framework for adopting IRBM in the Ganges basin. ISSN : 1571-5124 En ligne : http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15715124.2011.644853 [article] Integrated basin management for the ganges : Challenges and opportunities [texte imprimé] / Mosharefa Shahjahan, Auteur ; Nick Harvey, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp. 49-64. Hydraulique Langues : Anglais (eng) in JRBM : International journal of river basin management > Vol. 10 N° 1 (Janvier 2012) . - pp. 49-64 Mots-clés : Integrated  river  basin  management  Transboundary  rivers  The  Ganges  basin  Cooperation  Basin-wide  planning  and  basin  organization Résumé : Integrated river basin management (IRBM) emphasizes the need for managing the river as a system irrespective of administrative boundaries. Although IRBM is being adopted for many trans-boundary rivers, progress can be slow, particularly where there is a history of dispute. The Ganges basin in South Asia is one such case that experienced numerous conflicts over water between the riparian states, notably between India and Bangladesh. The power imbalance between states, mistrust and antagonism, prevailing national interest over the regional benefit, and most importantly lack of an effective institutional mechanism contributed to the complexity of implementing IRBM in the Ganges context. Despite these challenges, there is a consensus about the significant benefits that could be gained through multilateral regional cooperation over water. This paper analyses the challenges of multilateral cooperation towards IRBM in the Ganges context and examines the scope for overcoming these challenges. The paper argues that IRBM in the Ganges context depends on cooperation towards a basin-wide management approach, and a basin organization is a prerequisite to that. It suggests creation of a basin organization in the Ganges context by sharing experiences from other parts of the world and concludes with a framework for adopting IRBM in the Ganges basin. ISSN : 1571-5124 En ligne : http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15715124.2011.644853