River Basin Development and Human Rights in Eastern Africa -- a Policy Crossroads.

• Author: Carr, Claudia J.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2016.; Ã2017.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 At Stake with River Basin Development in Eastern Africa -- Abstract -- River Basin Development in Africa: Development Versus Disaster -- The Transboundary Character of Emerging Crisis in Eastern Africa -- The Gibe III Dam and Linked Agricultural and Power Export Developments -- Literature Cited -- 2 The Persistent Paradigm for 'Modernizing' River Basins: Institutions and Policies in Ethiopia -- Abstract -- Early River Basin Development in Ethiopia -- The Resurgence of Western Dominance in River Basin Development -- 'Fast Track' to the Gibe III Megadam -- A Nexus of Public Policy Institutions for River Basin Development: Collaboration with Complicity -- Literature Cited -- 3 The Seismic Threat to the Gibe III Dam: A Disaster in Waiting -- Abstract -- High Seismicity in the Gibe III Dam Region -- Reservoir Seepage and Landslide Danger at the Gibe III Dam -- Failed Government and Development Bank Seismic Review -- Literature Cited -- 4 Transboundary Survival Systems: A Profile of Vulnerability -- Abstract -- Indigenous Livelihoods and Survival Strategy Systems -- Pastoral Dispossession and Rising Dependence on the Omo River and Lake Turkana -- Environments in the Transboundary Region: From Pristine to Degraded -- The Lowermost Omo River Basin and Environs -- Lake Turkana and Environs -- Cross-Border Conflict and Diminishing Resources: The Ilemi Triangle Ingredient -- Literature Cited -- 5 Components of Catastrophe: Social and Environmental Consequences of Omo River Basin Development -- Abstract -- Radical Reduction of River and Lake Waters by Omo Basin Development -- Consequences for the Lowermost Omo River Basin -- Consequences for the Lake Turkana Region -- Consequences for the Ilemi Triangle and the Broader Region -- Literature Cited.

6 The Rush to Rationalize: Public Policies and Impact Assessments -- Abstract -- Launching the Gibe III Dam-And a System of Bias -- The Myth of Flood 'Disasters' as Rationale for Megadam Development -- Invalidity of the Ethiopian Government's Downstream Impact Assessment -- The False Promise of an Artificial Flood 'Solution' -- Multilateral Development Banks and the 'Complicity Treadmill' -- Literature Cited -- 7 The Dasanech of the Lowermost Omo Basin: From Adaptation to Development Debacle -- Abstract -- Dasanech Pastoral Decline: Roots and Responses -- Adapting from Upland Pastoral Life to Diversified Economy at the River -- Last Resort Survival: Desperate Dependence on Omo River Annual Flood -- Ethiopian Expropriation and Political Repression of Riverine Communities -- Literature Cited -- 8 Nyangatom Livelihood and the Omo Riverine Forest -- Abstract -- Nyangatom Omo Settlements and Dependence on Riverine Resources -- Fate of the Forest: Nyangatom Survival and Ethiopia's Heritage -- Literature Cited -- 9 Turkana Survival Systems at Lake Turkana: Vulnerability to Collapse -- Abstract -- Northern Turkana Pastoralists: The Long Decline and Migration to the Lake -- Adaptation from Pastoral to Fishing Livelihood -- Fishing Shoreline Communities: Household Practices and Resources -- Fish Species and Critical Habitats -- Counting the Discounted: Northern Turkana Population at the Lake -- Literature Cited -- 10 Human Rights Violations and the Policy Crossroads -- Abstract -- The Crisis Unfolding and the Human Right to Context -- The Ethiopian Government's Violations of Human Rights in the Transboundary Region -- Emerging Human Rights Violations in Kenya's Lake Turkana Region -- International Development Bank Collaboration with Human Rights Violations.

The Stark Policy Choice: Catastrophic Level Destruction or Sustainable Development Within a Human Rights Framework -- Literature Cited -- Appendix A: Activation of Oil Explorationand Development in the Ethiopia-Kenya-SouthSudan Transboundary Region1 -- Appendix B: Species Collected in the Lower OmoRiver Basin and Transborder Region -- Appendix C: Reference set of Selected Major Figures.