{"product_id":"routledge-handbook-of-water-and-development-paperback","title":"Routledge Handbook of Water and Development - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSofie Hellberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFredrik Söderbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAshok Swain\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater is essential for human life and at the centre of political, economic, and socio-cultural development. This \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Handbook of Water and Development\u003c\/em\u003e offers a systematic, wide-ranging, and state-of-the-art guide to the diverse links between water and development across the globe. It is organized into four parts: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I\u003c\/b\u003e explores the most significant theories and approaches to the relationship between water and development\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II\u003c\/b\u003e consists of carefully selected in-depth case studies, revealing how water utilization and management are deeply intertwined with historical development paths and economic and socio-cultural structures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III\u003c\/b\u003e analyses the role of governance in the management of water and development\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart IV\u003c\/b\u003e covers the most urgent themes and issues pertaining to water and development in the contemporary world, ranging from climate change and water stress to agriculture and migration\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 32 chapters by leading experts are meant to stimulate researchers and students in a wide range of disciplines in the social and natural sciences, including Geography, Environmental Studies, Development Studies, and Political Science\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e The \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e will also be of great value to policymakers and practitioners. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSofie Hellberg\u003c\/strong\u003e is associate professor of Peace and Development Research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Research Associate at the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She studies, and teaches on, water politics, environmental, climate governance and theories of power and agency. Hellberg has published in leading journals and with international publishers on topics ranging from Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) to research methodology. Her previous work on water appears in international journals including \u003ci\u003eGeoforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWater Alternatives, Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLocal Environment\u003c\/i\u003e as well as in a monograph on \u003ci\u003eThe Biopolitics of Water\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFredrik Söderbaum\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of peace and development research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and an Associate Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute of Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), Bruges, Belgium. Söderbaum has published extensively in leading journals on comparative regionalism, global and regional governance, development research, security studies, and African politics. His most recent books include \u003ci\u003eContestations of the Liberal International Order: A Populist Script of Regional Cooperation\u003c\/i\u003e (Cambridge University Press, 2021), \u003ci\u003eRethinking Regionalism\u003c\/i\u003e (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) and \u003ci\u003eIntersecting Interregionalism: Regions, Global Governance and the EU \u003c\/i\u003e(Springer, 2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAshok Swain\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, UNESCO Chair on International Water Cooperation and Director of the Research School of International Water Cooperation at Uppsala University, Sweden. He is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal \u003cem\u003eEnvironment and Security\u003c\/em\u003e, published by SAGE and the Environmental Peacebuilding Association. He has written extensively on new security challenges, water-sharing issues, environment, conflict and peace, and democratic development issues. His most recent publications includes, \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Security and the Environment \u003c\/i\u003e(Edward Elgar, 2021) coedited with Joakim Öjendal and Anders Jägerskog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoakim Öjendal \u003c\/b\u003eis professor in Peace and Development Research since 2006 at the School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden. He has worked on \u003cem\u003eresource politics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ci\u003epeacebuilding\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003epost-war democratisation \u003c\/i\u003efor three decades in research, policy and education. He has published widely in leading journals and with international publishers, for instance being the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWater Security, a Four Volume Set of SAGE Major Works\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eTransboundary Water Management and the Climate Change Debate, \u003c\/i\u003epublished with Earthscan, both in 2014. His most recent publications includes \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Security and the Environment \u003c\/i\u003e(Edward Elgar, 2021) coedited with Ashok Swain and Anders Jägerskog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.69 x 6.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53248935723315,"sku":"9780367558772","price":117.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/vBPI-dWM1_9780367558772.webp?v=1776317460","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/routledge-handbook-of-water-and-development-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}