Barnes Cultivating the Nile

The Everyday Politics of Water in Egypt
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7621-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Reihe: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century

In this compelling ethnography, Jessica Barnes demonstrates how the waters of the Nile are constantly made and remade as a resource by people in and outside of Egypt. Looking at the practices of farmers, government bureaucrats, and NGO policymakers, she illuminates the range of political dynamics, social relations, and technological interventions that must be incorporated into understandings of water and its management.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barnes, Jessica

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Note on Transliteration, Units, and Abbreviations vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xv

1. The End of a River 1

2. The Nile's Nadir: The Production of Scarcity 35

3. Fluid Governance: Water User Associations and Practices of Participation 72

4. Irrigating the Desert, Deserting the Irrigated: Land Reclamation at the Margins 106

5. Flows of Drainage: The Politics of Excess 137

6. Making Egypt's Water 169

Notes 179

References 199

Notes 223

Über Autor(innen)

Jessica Barnes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment and Sustainability Program at the University of South Carolina.