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Transboundary River Floods and Institutional Capacity1
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Abstract: While transboundary flood events have become more frequent on a global scale the past two decades, they appear to be overlooked in the international river basin (IRB) cooperation and management arena. The present study therefore combined geopolitical measures with biophysical and socioeconomic variables in an attempt to identify the IRBs with adequate institutional capacity for management of transboundary floods. It also classified basins that would possibly benefit from enlarging the institutional capacity related to transboundary floods. Of the 279 known IRBs, only 78 were represented by a transboundary rivers institution. A mere eight of the 153 identified institutions had transboundary flooding listed as an issue in their mandate. Overall, 43 basins, where transboundary floods were frequent during the period 1985‐2005, had no institutional capacity for IRBs. The average death and displacement tolls were found to be lower in the 37 basins with institutional capacity, even though these basins experienced twice as much transboundary floods with significant higher magnitudes than those in basins without institutional capacity. Overall, the results suggested that institutional capacity plays a role in the reduction of flood‐related casualties and affected individuals. River basins such as the Juba‐Shibeli, Han, Kura‐Araks, Ma, Maritsa, Po, Coco/Segovia, Grijalva, Artibonite, Changuinola, Coatan Achute, and Orinoco experienced more than one transboundary river flood, but have not yet set up any institutions for such events, or signed any appropriate treaties focused on floods. These basins were therefore recommended to consider focusing attention on this apparent lack of institutional capacity when it comes to managing transboundary flood events.
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“In many river basins of the Global South (e.g., Juba-Shibeli, Han, Kura-Araks, Maritsa, Aral Sea, Ganges, Golok, Han, and Indus) urban flooding has occurred due to upstream actions and lack of transboundary policies that could have prevented the problems [76].”
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- Authors
- Bakker, M. H. N.
- Affiliations
- Oregon State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bakker, Marloes H.N.
- Venue
- JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-05-26
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 553-566
- ISSN
- 1093-474X (ISSN-L)
- 1752-1688
- OpenAlex
- W2156029898
- Cited by
- 59
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 9.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration
- Keywords
- institutional capacity, transboundary water management, flood displacement, international treaties, geopolitical factors
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