The Nile River Basin supports the livelihoods of millions of people in Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda, principally as water for agriculture and hydropower. The resource is the focus of much contested development, not only between upstream and downstream neighbours, but also from countries outside the region. This book investigates the water, land and energy nexus in the Nile Basin.

It explains how the current surge in land and energy investments, both by foreign actors as well as domestic investors, affects already strained transboundary relations in the region and how investments are intertwined within wider contexts of Nile Basin history, politics and economy. Overall, the book presents a range of perspectives, drawing on political science, international relations theory, sociology, history and political ecology.

About the Author

Emil Sandstroem is Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, and Senior Lecturer and former Head of the Rural Development division at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).

Anders Jagerskog is Counsellor for regional water issues in the Middle East and North Africa for the Embassy of Sweden in Amman, Jordan, and Associate Professor at the School of Global Studies at Goeteborg University, Sweden. He is former Head of the Transboundary Unit at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).

Terje Oestigaard is Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, and Docent in Archeology at Uppsala University.

Reviews

'[T]his book is an important contribution to the literature because it provides new critical insights on the effects of land investments, a topic missing from the literature, showing their impacts on the hydropolitical relations in the basin...the chapters...eloquently unfold to show the linkages between the Nile Basin, the Middle East and the major investors, and how important these linkages are in terms of virtual water trade.' - Hussam Hussein, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 2017

Book Information
ISBN 9780367029692
Author Emil Sandstrom
Format Paperback
Page Count 254
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g