Water Rights in China and India
A Human Security Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11068530 |
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| Authors | Ross Michael Pink (North-West State Technical University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 19-35 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Affairs An American Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-7678 • E-ISSN: 1940-1590 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00927678.2016.1145987 |
| OpenAlex | W2344782070 |
| Language | EN |
The article explores the paramount human rights and development crisis facing China and India—water scarcity. Both countries are facing alarming water shortages that are exacerbated by dangerous pollution levels, population growth, and climate change impacts such as drought, elevated water-borne disease episodes, flooding, and salt-water intrusion. Millions of citizens in China and India are deprived of safe, clean water in their environment, which threatens healthy socio-economic development. Through the perspective of the human security paradigm, the article analyzes the water security scenario in each country
Biology · China · Human rights · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Water resources · Water security · Computer Science · Ecology · Human Rights and Development · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Law · Transboundary Water Resource Management
| Highly cited | No |
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