Water Scarcity, Conflict, and Migration: A Comparative Analysis and Reappraisal

Selby, Jan; Hoffmann, Clemens

doi:10.1068/c11335j

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“…It is noteworthy that the abstraction rate of groundwater is greater than nature's ability to renew the aquifer since about 180 million cubic meters are abstracted every year, whereas just 55 -60 million cubic meters are re-injected to the aquifer by rainwater. Hence, the over-abstraction of the groundwater has led to a deficit in recompense of 67% of total abstracted water annually (Baalousha, 2005;Selby & Hoffmann, 2012; PWA, 2013). m of sewage pipe networks were vandalized.…”

Section: The Impact Of Political Conflicts On the Water Sector In Thementioning

confidence: 99%

Microbiological Quality of Drinking Water and Prevalence of Waterborne Diseases in the Gaza Strip, Palestine: A Narrative Review

Abuzerr¹,

Nasseri²,

Yunesian³

et al. 2019

GEP

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Water quality and occurrence of water-borne diseases in the Gaza strip are vivid examples for most developing societies. In recent years, the quality and quantity of groundwater, the only source of waters in the Gaza strip, have deteriorated markedly. A general rundown of the infrastructure and water distribution networks, in particular, the spread of cesspools, excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers, and improper treatment and disposal of wastewater remain major contributing factors to the continued deterioration in the water status in the Gaza strip. Without a doubt, the (Israeli)-Palestinian conflict had a clear negative impact on the water sector in the Gaza strip. Apparently, there is a dire need to adopt the WHO's water safety plan in the management of Gaza's water supply systems from catchment to consumer's tap in order to maintain the sustainability and quality of water resources and prevent outbreaks of waterborne diseases. Therefore, this review has been prepared to highlight the overall picture of the water dilemma in the Gaza strip in the last years and in addition, to identify the sources, sorts, levels, and health risks of consequence to microbial contamination of water. The impact of political conflicts on the water sector in the Gaza strip also was reviewed.

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Section: The Impact Of Political Conflicts On the Water Sector In Thementioning

confidence: 99%

Microbiological Quality of Drinking Water and Prevalence of Waterborne Diseases in the Gaza Strip, Palestine: A Narrative Review

Abuzerr¹,

Nasseri²,

Yunesian³

et al. 2019

GEP

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“…They perceive the relationship between resource scarcity and violent conflict as "conjectural" (Ide 2015, p. 69). Selby and Hoffmann (2012), who analyzed the relationship between environmental scarcity, conflict, and migration through a comparative analysis of water-migration-conflict linkages in Cyprus and Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, found little evidence to support the view that water scarcity can lead to conflict or migration. Indeed, policy experts stress the impossibility of relating climate change to conflict and defense issue.…”

Section: Indicators Of (Non)migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Not a Security Issue: How Policy Experts De-Politicize the Climate Change–Migration Nexus

Ebrahimi

Ossewaarde

2019

Social Sciences

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Policy experts play an important role in coping with the climate change–human migration nexus. They offer expert solutions to decision makers, and thus, they contribute to de-politicizing the issue. The aim of this paper is to find out how different policy experts envision the climate change–human migration nexus. The Netherlands has been nominated as the seat of a Global Center of Excellence for climate Adaptation and aims to become a Global Center of Excellence in the water safety and security domain. Policy experts were selected based on a structured nominee process. We conducted semistructured interviews with policy experts and analyzed policy expert documentation. Interview transcripts and documents were examined via a coding frame. Unlike policymakers who link climate change and conflict, policy experts stress the economic and political factors of migration in which climate change issues happen. The major difference between the view of policymakers and policy experts on the link between climate change and human migration emerges from the frame of the climate refugee. In the context of the climate change–human migration nexus, policy experts act as a countervailing power that prevents the political exploitation of the nexus into a security issue.

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“…By 2015, an estimated 6 million have been displaced, the majority of whom have left the country [ 70 ]. This migration may in turn lead to future conflict, indicating that not only are there complexities associated with the climate-migration-conflict pathway but also that we must consider the three factors as interacting nonlinearly [ 71 ].…”

Section: Linking Migration To Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Climate Change, Migration and Conflict Nexus

Burrows

Kinney

2016

IJERPH

149

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The potential link between climate change, migration, and conflict has been widely discussed and is increasingly viewed by policy makers as a security issue. However, considerable uncertainty remains regarding the role that climate variability and change play among the many drivers of migration and conflict. The overall objective of this paper is to explore the potential pathways linking climate change, migration and increased risk of conflict. We review the existing literature surrounding this issue and break the problem into two components: the links between climate change and migration, and those between migration and conflict. We found a large range of views regarding the importance of climate change as a driver for increasing rates of migration and subsequently of conflict. We argue that future research should focus not only on the climate-migration-conflict pathway but also work to understand the other pathways by which climate variability and change might exacerbate conflict. We conclude by proposing five questions to help guide future research on the link between climate change, migration, and conflict.

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Water Scarcity, Conflict, and Migration: A Comparative Analysis and Reappraisal

Cited by 28 publications

References 38 publications

Microbiological Quality of Drinking Water and Prevalence of Waterborne Diseases in the Gaza Strip, Palestine: A Narrative Review

Microbiological Quality of Drinking Water and Prevalence of Waterborne Diseases in the Gaza Strip, Palestine: A Narrative Review

Not a Security Issue: How Policy Experts De-Politicize the Climate Change–Migration Nexus

Exploring the Climate Change, Migration and Conflict Nexus

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