1. COURSE OVERVIEW Transboundary Waters

2. What’s the Issue? In a world of plentiful water resources – No competition and tension over development, protection and use of water – Decisions made on a unilateral basis to meet national objectives – Effects on downstream countries largely ignored. In our world – Decisions made by consultation, negotiation, information sharing, and cost allocation among countries sharing a limited resource – Domestic and international politics, national priorities, and skewed perceptions of the costs, benefits and risks of different actions considered in reaching multilateral agreements on the use, protection and development of transboundary water resources

3. Course Objectives Planning, policy, and development of water resources in an international setting – Water rights and international water law, – Economic analysis – International development goals and institutions Course focus – Countries with developed, transitional, and developing economies, using extensive case studies for several basins. – Course taught in participatory, seminar style – Students take a very active role

4. Specific Objectives Understand: – Context of international and international water resources issues and their relation to engineering planning and design, economic development and regional security. – Advantages and limitations of international water agreements and how they affect water resources development, especially in transboundary situations. – Planning and management decision-making processes in selected basins of the world. – Literature in international water resources planning and development.

5. Housekeeping Prerequisites: Graduate standing Text: (sections provided by instructor) – Bridges over Water: Understanding Transboundary Water Conflict, Negotiation And Cooperation, Dinar, Dinar, McCaffrey, and McKinney, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2007 Homework – Assigned readings and selected writing assignments Exams – None Grading (Participation: 30%; Writing & Presentation: 70%) – 90 < A < 100 – 80 < B < 90 – 80 < C < 70 (we won’t go there)