Small is beautiful but not trendy: Understanding the allure of big hydraulic works in the Euphrates-Tigris and Nile waterscapes

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Hussein, Hussam, Conker, Ahmet and Grandi, Mattia (2022) Small is beautiful but not trendy: Understanding the allure of big hydraulic works in the Euphrates-Tigris and Nile waterscapes. Mediterranean Politics, 27 (3). pp. 297-320. ISSN 1362-9395

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Abstract

The number of massive hydraulic infrastructures such as large-scale dams, huge hydropower plants, and broad irrigation networks has increased to an unprecedented level during the twentieth century. While the trend has recently slowed, building giant water infrastructures is still an utmost priority in many parts of the world across state elites. Informed by insights from major transboundary waterscapes – the river basins of the Euphrates-Tigris and the Nile – this paper analyses how states´ elites justify their hydraulic mission, finding that four distinctive discursive practices are efficiently used in the case studies: securitization, opportunization, de-politicization, and framing.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	middle east and north africa,hydraulic infrastructures,hydraulic mission,hydropolitics,water policy,geography, planning and development,political science and international relations ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3305
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
Related URLs:	https://doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2020.17... http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?... https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b785eb...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	16 Sep 2020 23:57
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 07:04
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76905
DOI:	10.1080/13629395.2020.1799167

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