Water Management and Violent Conflict in East Africa: Scarcity and Security in Kenya and Uganda (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management)

Summary

• examines the complex interrelationships between water availability, governance and violent and non-violent conflicts, drawing on in-depth case studies of Lake Naivasha in Kenya and Lake Wamala in Uganda.
• illustrates how politically and economically motivated water use increases violent tensions over access to and the use of fresh-water resources.
• evaluates the resilience and vulnerability of local actors ability to access water and examines the nexus between the need to access water and the ability to influence access to water
• This book will be of great interest to scholars and professionals of water resource management and governance, African development, conflict resolution and sustainable development.