Managing the Waters of Baՙth Country: The Politics of Water Scarcity in Syria

@article{Barnes2009ManagingTW,
  title={Managing the Waters of Baՙth Country: The Politics of Water Scarcity in Syria},
  author={Jessica Barnes},
  journal={Geopolitics},
  year={2009},
  volume={14},
  pages={510 - 530}
}
  • J. Barnes
  • Published 18 August 2009
  • Political Science
  • Geopolitics
The Syrian government and international development agencies commonly present water scarcity as being one of Syria's main development challenges. This paper draws on a set of international reports, written in consultation with Syrian officials, to reveal the politics of this scarcity. I show how water scarcity is constructed and ordered through spatial representations. Rather than accepting the common explanation that scarcity is the result of population pressure, I argue that Syria's water… 
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