Routledge Handbook of Water Diplomacy
The Routledge Handbook of Water Diplomacy is a comprehensive guide to understanding and practicing water diplomacy—a framework for building relationships, negotiating shared interests, and managing complex water challenges across physical, political, and societal boundaries.

In an era marked by rising scarcity, deepening uncertainty, and growing geopolitical tension, this timely volume offers actionable insights for negotiated problem-solving grounded in both scientific understanding and diplomatic skill. Moving beyond abstract theory and technical fixes, the Handbook introduces a dual-pathway structure designed to meet the diverse needs of its users. The “Working Together” pathway invites readers to engage with water diplomacy through the lens of their roles, whether as professionals, decision-makers, funders, researchers, or affected communities. The “What Matters and Why” pathway highlights key thematic dimensions, including process design, adaptive learning, trust-building, divergent worldviews, and the management of uncertainty. Together, these pathways guide readers through a wide range of case studies, from transboundary river basins to subnational disputes and community-scale water systems, demonstrating how water diplomacy can resolve conflict, enable cooperation, and support adaptive, context-sensitive learning by doing under conditions of complexity and change. Whether addressing a transboundary dispute or a local allocation challenge, this book provides guiding principles, practical tools, and real-world cases to support water solutions that are scientifically credible, socially inclusive, and politically feasible.

The Routledge Handbook of Water Diplomacy serves as an essential reference volume for students and scholars of water diplomacy, water governance and water resource management, as well as for policymakers and water professionals who are seeking actionable insights into the nuanced challenges they encounter as they work to promote a more sustainable and equitable water future.

 

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Routledge Handbook of Water Diplomacy
The Routledge Handbook of Water Diplomacy is a comprehensive guide to understanding and practicing water diplomacy—a framework for building relationships, negotiating shared interests, and managing complex water challenges across physical, political, and societal boundaries.

In an era marked by rising scarcity, deepening uncertainty, and growing geopolitical tension, this timely volume offers actionable insights for negotiated problem-solving grounded in both scientific understanding and diplomatic skill. Moving beyond abstract theory and technical fixes, the Handbook introduces a dual-pathway structure designed to meet the diverse needs of its users. The “Working Together” pathway invites readers to engage with water diplomacy through the lens of their roles, whether as professionals, decision-makers, funders, researchers, or affected communities. The “What Matters and Why” pathway highlights key thematic dimensions, including process design, adaptive learning, trust-building, divergent worldviews, and the management of uncertainty. Together, these pathways guide readers through a wide range of case studies, from transboundary river basins to subnational disputes and community-scale water systems, demonstrating how water diplomacy can resolve conflict, enable cooperation, and support adaptive, context-sensitive learning by doing under conditions of complexity and change. Whether addressing a transboundary dispute or a local allocation challenge, this book provides guiding principles, practical tools, and real-world cases to support water solutions that are scientifically credible, socially inclusive, and politically feasible.

The Routledge Handbook of Water Diplomacy serves as an essential reference volume for students and scholars of water diplomacy, water governance and water resource management, as well as for policymakers and water professionals who are seeking actionable insights into the nuanced challenges they encounter as they work to promote a more sustainable and equitable water future.

 

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The Routledge Handbook of Water Diplomacy is a comprehensive guide to understanding and practicing water diplomacy—a framework for building relationships, negotiating shared interests, and managing complex water challenges across physical, political, and societal boundaries.

In an era marked by rising scarcity, deepening uncertainty, and growing geopolitical tension, this timely volume offers actionable insights for negotiated problem-solving grounded in both scientific understanding and diplomatic skill. Moving beyond abstract theory and technical fixes, the Handbook introduces a dual-pathway structure designed to meet the diverse needs of its users. The “Working Together” pathway invites readers to engage with water diplomacy through the lens of their roles, whether as professionals, decision-makers, funders, researchers, or affected communities. The “What Matters and Why” pathway highlights key thematic dimensions, including process design, adaptive learning, trust-building, divergent worldviews, and the management of uncertainty. Together, these pathways guide readers through a wide range of case studies, from transboundary river basins to subnational disputes and community-scale water systems, demonstrating how water diplomacy can resolve conflict, enable cooperation, and support adaptive, context-sensitive learning by doing under conditions of complexity and change. Whether addressing a transboundary dispute or a local allocation challenge, this book provides guiding principles, practical tools, and real-world cases to support water solutions that are scientifically credible, socially inclusive, and politically feasible.

The Routledge Handbook of Water Diplomacy serves as an essential reference volume for students and scholars of water diplomacy, water governance and water resource management, as well as for policymakers and water professionals who are seeking actionable insights into the nuanced challenges they encounter as they work to promote a more sustainable and equitable water future.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781032013893
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/15/2025
Series: Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
Pages: 764
Product dimensions: 6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Shafiqul Islam is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor of Water Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the Director of the Water Diplomacy Program at Tufts University, USA.

Kevin M. Smith is a PhD Candidate in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering at Tufts University, USA, investigating how adaptive institutions and infrastructure can improve environmental governance and management outcomes by facilitating and incentivizing interjurisdictional collaboration.

Martina Klimes is a Senior Manager/Advisor on Climate, Water and Peace at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and the International Centre for Water Cooperation (ICWC), specializing in water diplomacy and water cooperation, climate and security, and dialogue facilitation.

Aaron Salzberg is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering in the Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA and served as the first Special Coordinator for Water Resources at the U.S. Department of State.

Table of Contents

Section I- Overview  1.  Why We Need a Water Diplomacy Handbook  2.  The Key Themes, Concepts, and Ideas of Water Diplomacy   3.  Navigating the Water Diplomacy Handbook  4.   A Living Handbook: Connecting Handbook Contents with the AquaPedia Case Study Database   Section II – Water Diplomacy Themes, Concepts, and Ideas  5.  A Hydrology Primer for Diplomats  6.  Water as a Source of Conflict  7.  Water as a Source of Cooperation  8.  Scales of Water Diplomacy  9.  Water Diplomacy Paths: An Approach To Recognize Water Diplomacy Actions  10.  Water Diplomacy and Third-Party Engagement  11.  Actors in Water Diplomacy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly  Section III – Common Water Diplomacy Challenges  12.  Mapping the Water Diplomacy Problem Space  13.  Managing Water Diplomacy Processes  14.   The Role of Scientific Uncertainties in Transboundary Water Negotiations  15.  The Role of Distrust in Transboundary Water Relations 16.  Creating and Distributing Benefits in Water Diplomacy  17.  The Role of Knowledge Transmission in Water Diplomacy  18.   Disinformation Challenges in Water Governance and Diplomacy   Section IV – Tools of Water Diplomacy  19.  Building Political Will for Water Diplomacy  20.  Joint Fact-Finding to Tackle Difficult Water Challenges  21.   Modeling to Support Water Management Negotiations  22.  Mutual Gains Negotiation in Water Diplomacy  23.  Water Markets: Tools for Management and Diplomacy  24.  Game Theory: Insights for Water Diplomacy  25.  Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Transformative Approaches: Assessing Progress and Potential in Water Diplomacy  26.  The Use of Games in Water Diplomacy with Communities  27.  International Law and Water Diplomacy  28.   Conflict Systems Analysis: Integrating Climate and Water Risks  29.  Capacity Development for Water Diplomacy: The Experience Exchange Approach  30.  Movement Building Transformative Water Diplomacy Approaches  31.  The UN Watercourses Convention and its Relevance to Water Diplomacy and Negotiated Agreements  32.  Groundwater Diplomacy: Addressing Unseen but Essential Water Resources  33.  Organizations as Third Parties in Water Diplomacy Processes  34.   The Human Right to Water and its Relevance to Transboundary Contexts  35.  Regional Perspectives on Water and Diplomacy   36.  Principled, Pragmatic, Possible: Water Diplomacy in the Great Bay Estuary  37.  Neither Necessary nor Sufficient: Roles and Relevance of Enabling Conditions in Resolving Complex Water Problems at Different Scales   Section VI – Case Studies at the Transnational Scale  38.  Türkiye’s Perspective on Water Cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin  39.  The Complexity of Transboundary Water Negotiations: A Case Study of Afghanistan and Iran  40.  The Salween River Basin: Navigating Transboundary Governance, Development Pressures, and Civil Society Engagement in China, Myanmar, and Thailand  41.  The Jordan River Basin 70 Years After the Johnston Plan  42.  Water Diplomacy in Support of Sustainable Development: The Case of the Sava River Basin  43.  Factors that Contribute to Successful Diplomatic Outcomes: Case Study of the Colorado River Basin Cross-boundary Institution  44.  Failed Attempts to Conclude Water Agreements: The Case of the Silala  45.  Safeguarding the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest: A Shared Commitment for Future India-Bangladesh Water Agreements   Section VII – Case Studies at the Subnational Scale  46.  Urmia Lake Restoration Process: Challenges and Applicability of Water Diplomacy Framework  47.  Indigenous Nations, Water, and Conflict  48.  Seeing Underground: Understanding Complexity in the Great Basin Groundwater Grab  Section VIII – Case Studies at the Community Scale   49.  Sukhomajri Water Management as a Coupled System: Understanding of and Adapting to Evolving Changes in System Dynamics  50.  The Role of Heritage in Understanding Community-Scale Water Diplomacy: A Case Study of the Al-Ghab Plain in Syria   Section IX – Reflections  51.  Ground Rules for Water Diplomacy Negotiators  52.  Water Diplomacy and Transboundary Watercourses: Obstacles and Related Issues in Some Middle Eastern Cases  53.  Hydrodiplomacy: The Case of Post-Independence Namibia  54.  The Evolving Landscape of Diplomacy   Epilogue: Navigating the Future of Water Diplomacy   Glossary: A Guide to Key Terms in the Handbook  Index

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