Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Water Diplomacy : A Principled and Pragmatic Approach (Hardcover)

Part I: Problem-Driven Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A Principled Pragmatic Approach to Addressing Complex Problems Using Water Diplomacy as an Example1 .Origins: Conceptualization, Implementation, and Evolution of an Interdisciplinary Graduate Program on Water Diplomacy Shafiqul Islam, Kent Portney, Michael Reed, Timothy Griffin, and William Moomaw2. Making Distinctions: The Importance of Recognizing Complexity in Coupled Natural and Human Systems Kevin M. Smith and Shafiqul Islam3. Working Together: An Argument for Problem-Driven Interdisciplinary Collaboration Kevin M. Smith and Shafiqul Islam4. Principled Pragmatism: How Water Diplomats Approach Complex Water Issues? Kevin M. Smith and Shafiqul Islam Part II: Problem-Driven Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Action: Case Studies from the Tufts Water Diplomacy Program 5. Operationalizing Problem-Driven Interdisciplinary Collaboration: An Overview of Case Studies from the Tufts Water Diplomacy Program Kevin M. Smith and Shafiqul Islam 6. Flood Diplomacy: The Hydrological, Technical, and Socio-Political Challenges of Delineating Usable Floodplain Boundaries Michal Russo and Laura Read 7. Cholera in Haiti: Why Many Efforts Have Failed and How We Can Do Better Michael Ritter 8. Water Diplomacy at the Macro Scale:　Agricultural　Groundwater Governance in the High Plains Aquifer Region of the United States Gregory N. Sixt, Ashley C. McCarthy, Kent E. Portney, Timothy S. Griffin 9. Creating Flexibility in Freshwater Availability for the Eastern Nile Basin Agustin Botteron 10. Confronting the Natural Domain: Strategies for Addressing Ecology and Conservation in Complex Water Management Challenges Charles B. van Rees, Gabriela Marie Garcia, Jessica Rozek Canizares 11. Access to Safe Drinking Water across the Navajo Nation Laura Corlin 12. Coupling and Complexity of Natural and Human Systems: A Case Study from the Southwest Bangladesh Delta Wahid Palash, Kevin M. Smith, Shafiqul Islam Part III: Looking Back and Looking Forward: Reflections and Lessons from the Tufts Program on Water Diplomacy13. Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Graduate Program: Lessons Learned From the Tufts Water Diplomacy Program Glenn G. Page, Shafiqul Islam 14. Reflections on the Tufts Experiment with Interdisciplinary Water Diplomacy Research Kent E. Portney, J. Michael Reed, Amanda C. Repella 15. Perspectives on Water Diplomacy: Key Findings, Remaining Challenges, and Future Directions Lawrence Susskind, Enamul Choudhury, Greg Koch 16. Quo Vadis? Shafiqul Islam and Kevin M. Smith