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2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

23. Assessing Local Water Conflicts: Understanding the Links Between Water, Marginalisation and Climate Change

Author : Lukas Ruettinger

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Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Abstract

The discourse and academic work around water conflicts is often focused on international water conflicts. As a consequence, although local water conflicts are common and affect the everyday life of many communities around the world, they are frequently overlooked. Analytical tools and trainings on local water conflicts are thus scarce. The Water, Crisis and Climate Change Assessment Framework (WACCAF) helps to close this gap. It guides users through an analysis of the different factors that play a role in local water conflicts. The goal of this tool is to better understand the conflict potential of competition around water resources, in order to prevent a water crisis from escalating into a conflict. It can also help to understand an existing water conflict and identify ways to solve it. The WACCAF specifically focuses on how the interaction between marginalisation and unequal water access and availability can create conflict (potential). These findings are then placed in wider social and historical contexts by looking at past conflicts and general marginalisation patterns in society. The analysis is completed by understanding the factors that decrease the potential for conflict, in particular cooperation and conflict resolution mechanisms.

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Footnotes
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Data from the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security database on Water and Conflict (Water Brief).
 
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Metadata
Title
Assessing Local Water Conflicts: Understanding the Links Between Water, Marginalisation and Climate Change
Author
Lukas Ruettinger
Copyright Year
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
National Security and Human Health Implications of Climate Change

Print ISBN: 978-94-007-2429-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-007-2430-3

Copyright Year: 2012

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2430-3_23