Land-grabbing is provoking an intense debate because of its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts . The literature on the correlated question of "water grabbing"is however still fragmentary. This article tries to provide an initial overview of the linkages between large-scale land acquisitions and water resources exploitation focusing on the Nile River Basin case-study. The relative abundance of strategic natural resources for agricultural production is attractinf foreign investors, leading to a proliferation of land-grabbing in several Nile-basin riparian countries. Given the new geopolitical context, polulation growth and water availability forecast due to climate change, the Nile waters have become a fundamental strategic resources for the hydropolitcal balance of the region. The issue is approached by considering the impacts both at country and basin level.
Land Grabbing: Hydropolitical Effects in the Nile River Basin
2013
Abstract
Land-grabbing is provoking an intense debate because of its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts . The literature on the correlated question of "water grabbing"is however still fragmentary. This article tries to provide an initial overview of the linkages between large-scale land acquisitions and water resources exploitation focusing on the Nile River Basin case-study. The relative abundance of strategic natural resources for agricultural production is attractinf foreign investors, leading to a proliferation of land-grabbing in several Nile-basin riparian countries. Given the new geopolitical context, polulation growth and water availability forecast due to climate change, the Nile waters have become a fundamental strategic resources for the hydropolitcal balance of the region. The issue is approached by considering the impacts both at country and basin level.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
