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.