Territorial Disputes and Cross-Border Management

Guo, Rongxing

doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-64002-4.00011-8

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“…The Amazon river and tributaries include extensive forested areas that are flooded every rainy season, with water levels in major rivers rising by~10 m during the wet season. In an average dry season,~110,000 km 2 of land are flooded, while in the wet season, the flooded area may exceed~350,000 km 2 , or~5% of the entire basin (Guo, 2006; https://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_River).…”

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Basin‐Scale River Runoff Estimation From GRACE Gravity Satellites, Climate Models, and In Situ Observations: A Case Study in the Amazon Basin

Chen

Tapley

Rodell

et al. 2020

Water Resources Research

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River runoff is estimated as a water budget residual using Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) terrestrial water storage time series, ERA5 reanalysis data, and precipitation observations for January 2003 through December 2015 for the Obidos upstream drainage basin and for the entire Amazon basin. Estimated runoff based on the water budget agrees remarkably well with in situ gauge observations at Obidos, especially at seasonal time scales, with nearly perfect phase agreement but slightly larger seasonal amplitude. The discrepancy in the seasonal amplitude may be attributed to underestimation of river gauge runoff during the wet season when water overflows the riverbanks. The ERA5 model appears to overestimate long-term mean evapotranspiration in the Amazon by~2 cm/month based on comparisons with precipitation and runoff observations. Using precipitation data based on satellites and gauge observations relative to gauge observations alone improved agreement between water budget runoff estimates and in situ runoff observations. Seasonal variations in ERA5-simulated runoff are about twice as large as those from in situ observations and show a large phase lag as well. Water budget-based runoff for the entire Amazon (~7,200 km 3 averaged over the 13-year period) is significantly larger than observed runoff (~5,700 km 3) at Obidos and notably larger than previous estimates for the entire Amazon. These differences may be partly related to submarine runoff from the Amazon basin that cannot be captured by surface gauges.

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Basin‐Scale River Runoff Estimation From GRACE Gravity Satellites, Climate Models, and In Situ Observations: A Case Study in the Amazon Basin

Chen

Tapley

Rodell

et al. 2020

Water Resources Research

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“…Gartzke (2012) argues that rapid climate change increases uncertainty about property rights, which could lead declining powers to be more territorially revisionist. Guo’s (2007) survey of more than 200 disputed areas since World War II finds support for this type of hostile lateral pressure, as resource scarcity at home prompts many states to make claims to neighboring states’ territories. Precipitation changes can alter the course of rivers that form the border between two countries, prompting the need for renegotiation of the boundary.…”

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Climate bones of contention: How climate variability influences territorial, maritime, and river interstate conflicts

Schmidt

Lee

Mitchell

2021

Journal of Peace Research

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Many scholars examine the relationship between climate variability and intrastate conflict onset. While empirical findings in this literature are mixed, we know less about how climate changes increase the risks for conflicts between countries. This article studies climate variability using the issue approach to world politics. We examine whether climate variability influences the onset and militarization of interstate diplomatic conflicts and whether these effects are similar across issues that involve sovereignty claims for land (territory) or water (maritime, river). We focus on two theoretical mechanisms: scarcity ( abundance) and uncertainty. We measure these concepts empirically through climate deviation (e.g. droughts/floods, heat waves/cold spells) and climate volatility (greater short-term variance in precipitation/temperature). Analyses of issue claims in the Western Hemisphere and Europe (1901–2001) show that greater deviations and volatility in climate conditions increase risks for new diplomatic conflicts and militarization of ongoing issues and that climate change acts as a trigger for revisionist states.

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Geopolitics of climate change-induced conflict and population displacement in West Africa

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Territorial Disputes and Cross-Border Management

Cited by 3 publications

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Basin‐Scale River Runoff Estimation From GRACE Gravity Satellites, Climate Models, and In Situ Observations: A Case Study in the Amazon Basin

Basin‐Scale River Runoff Estimation From GRACE Gravity Satellites, Climate Models, and In Situ Observations: A Case Study in the Amazon Basin

Climate bones of contention: How climate variability influences territorial, maritime, and river interstate conflicts

Geopolitics of climate change-induced conflict and population displacement in West Africa

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