Developing new scenarios for water allocation negotiations: a case study of the Euphrates River Basin
Mismanagement and uneven distribution of water may lead to or increase conflict among countries. Allocation of water among trans-boundary river neighbours is a key issue in utilization of shared water resources. The bankruptcy theory is a cooperative Game Theory method which is used when the amo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.proc-iahs.net/374/9/2016/piahs-374-9-2016.pdf |
| Summary: | Mismanagement and uneven distribution of water
may lead to or increase conflict among countries. Allocation of water among
trans-boundary river neighbours is a key issue in utilization of shared
water resources. The bankruptcy theory is a cooperative Game Theory method
which is used when the amount of demand of riparian states is larger than
total available water. In this study, we survey the application of seven
methods of Classical Bankruptcy Rules (CBRs) including Proportional
(CBR-PRO), Adjusted Proportional (CBR-AP), Constrained Equal Awards
(CBR-CEA), Constrained Equal Losses (CBR-CEL), Piniles (CBR-Piniles),
Minimal Overlap (CBR-MO), Talmud (CBR-Talmud) and four Sequential Sharing
Rules (SSRs) including Proportional (SSR-PRO), Constrained Equal Awards
(SSR-CEA), Constrained Equal Losses (SSR-CEL) and Talmud (SSR-Talmud)
methods in allocation of the Euphrates River among three riparian countries:
Turkey, Syria and Iraq. However, there is not a certain documented method to
find more equitable allocation rule. Therefore, in this paper, a new method
is established for choosing the most appropriate allocating rule which seems
to be more equitable than other allocation rules to satisfy the
stakeholders. The results reveal that, based on the new propose model, the
CBR-AP seems to be more equitable to allocate the Euphrates River water
among Turkey, Syria and Iraq. |
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| ISSN: | 2199-8981 2199-899X |