The water’s stake, a source of future conflicts:

Euphrates and Tigris
Tibet
The Nile

Table of contents

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INTRODUCTION

1. HYDRO POLICY LIGITATIONS’ WITH THE NILE

2. TIBET ? A STRATEGIC TERRITORY FOR THE CONTROL OF WATER

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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* MIKAÏL B., L’eau, source de menaces ?, Dalloz

* LEVENSON C-B., Tibet, la question qui dérange, Albin Michel

* BONNEFOY Sandrine LE PARTAGE DES EAUX DU TIGRE ET DE L’EUPHRATE ENTRE LA TURQUIE, LA SYRIE ET L’IRAK, mémoire de recherche à l’institut d’étude politique de Toulouse

* MUTIN George, Le tigre et l’Euphrate de la discorde, VertigO, vol4, No3, 3 décembre 2003

* http://www.irenees.net/fr/fiches/documentation/

* http://www.pcfbassin.fr/Fichiers%20PDF/Eau/Eau%20un%20enjeu%20strategique%20mondial%20et%20une%20source%20de%20conflits.pdf

* http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr

* http://www.alternative-tibetaine.org

Introduction

Nowadays, we are in an outrageous situation: One billion people without access to safe water, 2, 6 billion without access to basic sanitation and 2.2 million die each day from diseases related to lack of access. Moreover, the availability of water per capita has sharply plummeted from around 17000 m3 per year in the middle of the 20th century to about 6000 m3 per year today.

However, water is still present today and naturally enough: They are his ways of sharing and good condition of its distribution which are lacking. Contrary to popular belief, Latin America but also Africa countries are generally rich in water. It is the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa who suffer from shortages of fresh water in its natural state. However, if water is available but does not benefit all road users, mainly due to the casualness and the lack of financial resources held by public authorities.