An analysis of regime capacity and a nascent environmental conflict in the Niger River Basin

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dc.contributor.authorMahlakeng, M. K.
dc.contributor.authorSolomon, Hussein
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-10T07:44:28Z
dc.date.available2018-01-10T07:44:28Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe Niger River Basin (RNB) is and has been important to the cultural and socio-economic development of the West African region. However, the basin, which is home to some of the poorest countries in the world, might be experiencing a new landscape of conflict with water resources being a key factor. A combination of climate change, human population growth and unsustainable resource use is threatening the RNB. The purpose of this article is to determine, through the Homer-Dixon Environmental Scarcity Theory, the impact and effects of environmental scarcity in contributing to a nascent conflict in the RNB. The article conceptualises Homer- Dixon’s Environmental Scarcity Theory as a theory that argues for the potential of conflict in transboundary river basins as a result of environmental scarcity. Furthermore, the article conceptualises Regime Theory, particularly in the RNB, as treaties on international rivers that hold essential norms and encourage rule-based cooperation to politically resolve problems and conflict in the field of international river basin management. The article will therefore use Regime Theory to examine the existence and formation, role and progress (i.e. successes and challenges) of the regimes and/or institutional mechanisms that aim to deal with environmental scarcity in the RNB.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMahlakeng, M. K., & Solomon, H. (2017). An analysis of regime capacity and a nascent environmental conflict in the Niger River Basin. Journal for Contemporary History, 42(2), 180-207.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0258-2422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0509 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150509/JCH42.v2.9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/7551
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderFaculty of Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectNiger River Basin (NRB)en_ZA
dc.subjectHomer-Dixon Environmental Scarcity Theoryen_ZA
dc.subjectRegime Theoryen_ZA
dc.subjectEnvironmental scarcityen_ZA
dc.subjectEnvironmental conflicten_ZA
dc.subjectRegime capacityen_ZA
dc.subjectNiger Basin Authorityen_ZA
dc.titleAn analysis of regime capacity and a nascent environmental conflict in the Niger River Basinen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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