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Preface. iii

Acknowledgements iv

Editorial Note.. vii

CONFLICT AND COOPERATION RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES:

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES .. 1

BARRY NEWELL AND ROBERTWASSON

Social System vs Solar System: Why Policy Makers Need History. 3

ERICMOLLARD

The meanders of history: Development and political culture in three deltas (Chao Phraya, Nile and

Rhone) 19

JOSEPH W. DELLAPENNA

The Nile as a Legal and Political Structure.. 35

MAMAA ENTSUA-MENSAH

Traditional Management of Water Resources in West Africa . 49

DAVID J. FRANCIS

Fighting for Survival: The River Politics in West Africa .. 59

SAIBOU ISSA

Access to Lake Chad and Cameroon – Nigeria Border Conflict: A Historical Perspective. 67

DAVID GORDON

From Owners of the Land to Colonial Chiefs – Colonialism and the Control of Water Resources in

Central Africa: A Case Study of the Mweru-Luapula Lake and River System. 75

RADHA D'SOUZA

How the Genie of Law Banks the Currents of the Krishna: Sharing Krishna Waters or

Metamorphoses of a Colonial Problem into a Developmental Problem? 87

DAVID BIGGS

The Problem with Thinking Like a Network in the Regional Development of the Mekong Delta .. 105

MALEE TRAISAWASDICHAI LANG

Fallacy of Sustainability of Management of the Mekong River Basin: Communication Perspective .

121

ANABEL SANCHEZ

1944 Water Treaty between Mexico and the United States: present situation and future potential ..

141

DANIELMURILLO LICEA

The Hacienda of San Nicolás de los Agustinos, Gto., México, a water conflict story. 153

CHRISTOPH BERNHARDT

Water Control, Political System and Institutional Change in Eastern and Western Germany after

1945 . 161

MICHELE ANDERSON SCHMIDT

Matyshka Volga: An Interpretation of a River . 169

KEELY LANGE

Energy and Environmental Security: The Syr Darya Crisis of Central Asia .. 185

CONTACTS 207