Land grabbing: hydro-political effects in the Nile river basin

Titolo Rivista QA Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria
Autori/Curatori Desirée A.L. Quagliarotti
Anno di pubblicazione 2013 Fascicolo 2013/2
Lingua Inglese Numero pagine 22 P. 87-108 Dimensione file 481 KB
DOI 10.3280/QU2013-002004
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Il fenomeno del land grabbing sta alimentando un intenso dibattito a causa dei suoi potenziali impatti ambientali e socio-economici. Questo articolo vuole fornire un’analisi sui legami esistenti tra acquisizioni di terra e sfruttamento delle risorse idriche, focalizzandosi sul caso-studio del bacino del Nilo. L’abbondanza relativa di risorse naturali strategiche per la produzione agricola sta attirando investitori stranieri diffondendo il fenomeno del land grabbing in diversi Paesi rivieraschi del bacino del Nilo. Il nuovo contesto geopolitico, la crescita della popolazione del bacino e le previsioni riguardo la disponibilità idrica a causa dei cambiamenti climatici rendono le acque del Nilo una risorsa strategica fondamentale per l’equilibrio idropolitico della regione

Keywords:Land grabbing, Water grabbing, Bacino del Nilo, Idropolitica

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Desirée A.L. Quagliarotti, Land grabbing: hydro-political effects in the Nile river basin in "QA Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria" 2/2013, pp 87-108, DOI: 10.3280/QU2013-002004