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Introduction. Setting the scene. Communication, culture and crisis in a transboundary context / Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo and Amiso M. George -- Africa. Egypt. Dealing with political and cultural crisis in a troubled Middle East region / Ibrahim Saleh and Heba Metwali ; Ghana. Embarrassing the nation to pay Brazil : the Ghana Black stars player revolt at the 2014 FIFA World Cup / Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo ; Nigeria. Containing Ebola in Nigeria : lessons in effective risk and crisis communication / Amiso M. George ; South Africa. Killing in the name of "stolen" jobs : the April 2015 xenophobic attacks in South Africa / Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo and Ibrahim Saleh -- Asia/Euro-Asia. China and Taiwan. One crisis, two responses : a transboundary analysis of the melamine-tainted milk powder crisis in China and Taiwan / Yi-Hui Christine Huang and Joanne Chen Lyu ; India. They came by boat : the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai / Soumitro Sen and Uttaran Dutta ; Indonesia. Power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and Rukun : managing the transboundary haze crisis in Indonesia / Reidinar Juliane Wardoyo and Augustine Pang ; Japan. Culture as crisis communication : Tokyo Electric Power Company and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster / Cornelius B. Pratt and Ronald Lee Carr ; Kazakhstan. Understanding the Zhanaozen crisis through the intercultural lenses of Eurasianism in Kazakhstan / Elena Kolesova and Dila Beisembayeva ; Malaysia. "Almost without a trace" : missing flight MH370, culture and transboundary crisis communication in the era of social media / Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo and Amiso M. George ; Singapore. Cultural impediment or reflection of global phenomenon : state of social media crisis preparedness in Singapore / Augustine Pang and Christabel Reena David ; South Korea. Going nuts over nuts : the Korean air ramp return crisis / Jangyul Robert Kim and Kyung-Hyan Yoo -- Middle East. Syria. A battle for hearts and minds : dealing with Syria's intractable humanitarian catastrophe / Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo and Ibrahim Saleh ; Turkey. "Nothing will ever be the same" : the Borusan case and the socio-cultural dynamics of crisis in Turkey / Ebru Uzunoğlu and Selin Türkel -- Latin America. Brazil. Gone with the mud : learning from the Niterói disaster in Brazil / Regina Coeli da Silveira e Silva and Amiso M. George ; Colombia and Guatemala. When conflict shifts : an analysis of Chiquita brands' transnational crises in Colombia and Guatemala / Juan-Carlos Molleda and Gabriel C. Stephen -- Conclusion. Looking ahead : planning for crisis communication across cultural and transboundary contexts / Amiso M. George and Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo

The role of international law in addressing the global freshwater ecosystem crisis -- Conceptualising the UNECE water and environmental regime - establishing the basis for coherent interpretation and institutional interaction -- Contemporary status of international law on transboundary freshwater ecosystems -- The common normative framework of the UNECE environmental regime and its contribution to international water law -- An ecosystem approach in international law concerning transboundary freshwater ecosystems -- Public participation - its contribution to procedural justice and intra-generational equity in a water scarce future -- River basin organisations, basin agreements and European environmental aw in the UNECE regime -- Transboundary freshwater ecosystems in international law : the role, impact and future of the UNECE environmental regime.

This book presents the views of irrigation water users and managers who experienced two critical and emblematic transboundary water conflicts in the lower Colorado River that affected the people's daily lives, particularly in the Mexicali Valley region. While analyzing both the Colorado River Salinity Problem in the 1960s and the All-American Canal Lining divergence in the 2000s, the institutional analysis approach employed in this book has a comprehensive scope that describes in detail the features of the conflicts, as well as the changes in people's ways of participating in facing such crisis

From 6 Aug to 10 Aug 2003, three institutes engaged in the study of how crises are managed -- the Crisis Management Research & Training (CRISMART) program located in the Swedish National Defence Coll, the Crisis Research Center at Leiden U, & the Transboundary Crisis Management Working Group at Syracuse U -- held a conference at the Minnowbrook Conference Center in the Adirondack Mountains. In Lessons from Crisis Research, Arjen Boin speaks about the new forms of crisis that are appearing on the horizon even as governments struggle with the existing ones. Modern crises that jump around between local, national, & international levels are clearly a challenge for national governments. Crisis is defined from two perspectives -- operationally & politically symbolically. Insights obtained from past research on crisis management are summarized. Crisis management research requires a multidisciplinary approach, its own professional associations & journals, & the creation of centers of excellence. In Crises as Ill-Structured Messes, Ian I. Mitroff, Murat C. Alpaslan, & Sandy E. Green contend that the field of crisis management has been impeded by its out-of-date views of the nature of crisis & the use of inappropriate research concepts. Definitions & inquiry systems need development. A systems model of crisis is presented to help in this regard. In Policy Advice as Crisis: A Political Redefinition of Crisis Management, Alexander Kouzmin & Alan M. G. Jarman review the works of four authors who have contributed to the field of policy advice on crisis management. This advice covers approaches from language/logic to forecasting/system feedback/analysis. Four advice types -- policy innovation, gatekeeping, guardianship, & gurus -- & their topics are described. 3 Figures, 132 References. M. Pflum

"The EU is in crisis. This crisis extends beyond the challenges of Covid-19, Brexit, the Eurozone, and mass migration. It cuts to the core of the EU itself. This text unpacks all dimensions of the EU in crisis, and analyses its implications for the EU and its member states. It argues that crises and challenges are no longer individual events facing the EU, but rather are a sustained condition that has changed the relationship between member states, the functioning of institutions, the nature of public engagement and the prospects for integration. Written by a team of leading experts, this book covers: - Cutting-edge theory - Recent high-impact crisis cases, including health, the environment and threats to democracy - Institutional effects of crises - Political dynamics - Discussion of longer-term implications of the EU This is the perfect companion for those studying and researching contemporary challenges facing the EU, European integration, and crisis management and transboundary crises more broadly"--

The author focuses on environmental degradation in Central Asia and the increasing interest in environmental issues since the late 1980s. At the core of the essay are three case studies, including the Aral Sea water crisis, nuclear testing in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, and exploitation of natural resources in the Caspian Sea region. Biliouri argues that all regions in Central Asia are interlinked, as are the environmental issues, and due to the transboundary nature of environmental problems the issues are of international concern and require much more cooperation and collaboration. Environmental problems usually set off other problems and thus need to become a priority on the political agenda in the region. So far, Central Asian states have been unable to cooperate and international organizations have often attempted to apply their own experience to Central Asia. The author concludes that if there is no increased effort by the respective governments with support from the international community to find solutions to the problems, they might trigger other regional conflicts and evidently threaten state security. (DÜI-DOI)

Water is the most precious and valuable natural resource in the Middle East and North Africa. It is vital for socioeconomic growth and sustainabilityof the environment. Theeditors present the latest research resultsrelated tothe current water situation,as well as its significance for the peaceful coexistence of the neighbouring countries.The book focusses on the following topics: water resources, water protection, water management and water as a source of conflict.With regard tothe protection of ground water and surface water in the respective areas,topicssuch asewage disposal and soil protection, as well as the transfer of environmental technology are also discussed. TOC:From the Contents: Water Resources: Natural Scarcity of Water Resources in the Semi-arid and Arid Middle East and its Economical Implications; The Jordan River; Hydrology and Management of Lake Kinneret Aimed at Water Quality Protection; The Water Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean and its Relation to Global Warming; Water Resources, Protection and Management in Palestine.- Water Protection: Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping in the Arab Region; Intermittent Water Supply and Domestic Water Quality in the Middle East; Sewage Water Treatments and Reuse in Israel.- Water Management: Water Resources Management in Palestine; Ecosan - Introduction of Closed-Loop Approaches in Wastewater Management and Sanitation; Efficient Groundwater Management for Organizations with a Small Financial Budget.- Water as Source of Conflict: Water Conflict and Water Management in the Middle East; Syria and Turkey in Water Diplomacy; Water Issue among the Riparian States of Euphrates and Tigris Transboundary Rivers