Water resources data and information exchange in transboundary water treaties

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-010-9144-4en
cg.issn1567-9764en
cg.issn1573-1553en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalInternational Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economicsen
cg.volume11en
dc.contributor.authorGerlak, A.K.en
dc.contributor.authorLautze, Jonathan F.en
dc.contributor.authorGiordano, Marken
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-13T14:47:38Zen
dc.date.available2014-06-13T14:47:38Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/40425
dc.titleWater resources data and information exchange in transboundary water treatiesen
dcterms.abstractDespite international calls for data and information sharing in transboundary waters and basin-specific evidence of its importance to cooperative management, no systematic research has been undertaken to answer questions of where, how frequently, and which water resources data and information are exchanged. This paper examines all available transboundary water agreements signed between 1900 and 2007 to determine the degree to which water resources data and information is exchanged in the world's regions, how the level of exchange has developed over time, and the different ways in which data and information sharing has been codified in practice. In doing so, we reveal important trends regarding the mechanisms, types, and frequencies of water resources data and information sharing?as well as differences across temporal and spatial scales, by treaty type and function, and regime type. The results indicate that data and information exchange as already practiced is more nuanced and, in some senses, widespread than may commonly be recognized. Further, the results reveal key linkages between democracy and data and information exchange and provide a basis to test analogous linkages related to data sharing and other variables in transboundary water settings.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen
dcterms.available2010-12-14en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGerlak, A. K.; Lautze, Jonathan; Giordano, Mark. 2011. Water resources data and information exchange in transboundary water treaties. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 11(2):179-199. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10784-010-9144-4en
dcterms.extentpp. 179-199en
dcterms.issued2011-05en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectwater resource managementen
dcterms.subjectinternational watersen
dcterms.subjectwater lawen
dcterms.subjectdataen
dcterms.subjectinformation exchangeen
dcterms.subjectlawen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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