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Cross-border resource management
- Author / Creator
Details
- Creator
- Rongxing Guo
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Third edition
- Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Oxford, England ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Elsevier, 2018
- ©2018
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (474 pages) : color illustrations, photographs, maps, tables
- ISBNs
- 9780444640024, 0444640029, 9780444640055, 0444640053
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Front Cover -- Cross-Border Resource Management -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Preface -- New to the third edition -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Border, Boundary and Frontier: Concepts -- 1.1 Some Basic Concepts -- 1.1.1 Traditional Definitions -- 1.1.2 An Extended Definition -- 1.2 A World of Borders -- 1.2.1 Artificial Barriers -- 1.2.2 Geometrical Lines -- 1.2.3 Invisible Borders -- 1.3 Borders: Political Hierarchy -- 1.3.1 Independent-Country Level -- 1.3.2 Internally Independent Political-Entity Level -- 1.3.3 Dependent Political-Entity Level -- 1.3.4 Other Political-Unit Levels -- 1.4 Borders: Dimension and Structure -- 1.4.1 Spatial Dimension -- 1.4.2 Convex and Concave Borders -- 1.4.3 Enclave and Exclave Borders -- 1.5 Case 1. Who Owns the South China Sea? -- References -- Further Reading -- 2 Globalization, Natural Resources and Borders -- 2.1 Globalization and Resources -- 2.1.1 Earth Is Becoming Smaller -- 2.1.2 Demand for Resources -- 2.2 A Story About Earth -- 2.2.1 Some Basic Facts -- 2.2.2 Earth's Tectonic Plates -- 2.2.3 Earth's Varied Topography -- 2.3 Topography and Borders -- 2.3.1 Mountains as Borders -- 2.3.2 Rivers as Borders -- 2.3.3 Lakes/Seas as Borders -- 2.3.4 Bays/Gulfs as Borders -- 2.3.5 Straits/Channels as Borders -- 2.4 Natural Resources and Borders -- 2.4.1 Natural Resources: Formation -- 2.4.2 Natural Resources: Classification -- 2.4.3 Old Boundary, New Boundary -- 2.5 Case 2. Sea-Level Changes and the Borders -- References -- Further Reading -- 3 Studying Borders, Evaluating Border Effects -- 3.1 Good Boundary, Bad Boundary -- 3.1.1 Why the Qin Dynasty Fails? -- 3.1.2 Samoa Shifts its Time Zone -- 3.2 Viewing the Border From Both Sides -- 3.2.1 Proximity and Adjacency -- 3.2.2 Pros and Cons of Borders
- 3.2.3 Views From a Larger Extent -- 3.3 Borders and Border Effects -- 3.3.1 Story 1: '1>27' -- 3.3.2 Story 2: '7<4' -- 3.3.3 A Simple Model -- 3.4 Measuring Border Effects -- 3.4.1 Border-Related Barriers -- 3.4.2 Political Economy of Borders -- 3.5 Research on and Across Boundaries -- 3.5.1 Natural Sciences -- 3.5.2 Social Science -- 3.5.3 Interdiscipline -- 3.5.4 Cross-Border Research -- 3.6 Case 3. Estimating Border Effects: A Model -- References -- Further Reading -- 4 Cross-Border Resource Management: Institutions -- 4.1 Doctrines and Obligations -- 4.1.1 Early Doctrines -- 4.1.2 Equity and Justice -- 4.1.3 The Obligation Not to Cause Harm -- 4.2 Cross-Border Management: Categories -- 4.2.1 Resource Allocation -- 4.2.2 Resource Management -- 4.2.3 Integrated Spatial Planning -- 4.3 Cross-Border Management: Regimes -- 4.3.1 Cooperative Management -- 4.3.2 Joint Management -- 4.3.3 Third-Party Trusteeship -- 4.4 Institutional Formulation -- 4.4.1 The First Treaty on Border -- 4.4.2 Treaty, Convention and Protocol -- 4.4.3 Well Begun Is Half Done -- 4.5 Case 4. Charting the East China Sea: An American View -- References -- Further Reading -- 5 Cross-Border Resource Management: Methods -- 5.1 Fair Division: Continuous Methods -- 5.1.1 Divider-Chooser Method -- 5.1.2 Lone Divider Method -- 5.1.3 Lone Chooser Method -- 5.1.4 Last Diminisher Method -- 5.2 Fair Division: Discrete Methods -- 5.2.1 Method of Sealed Bids -- 5.2.2 Method of Markers -- 5.2.3 Summary and Application -- 5.3 Non-cooperative Game Theory -- 5.3.1 An Old Story -- 5.3.2 A Prisoner's Dilemma -- 5.3.3 Subgame Perfect Equilibrium -- 5.4 Cooperative Game Theory -- 5.4.1 A Win-Win Game -- 5.4.2 Seeking Pareto Optimality -- 5.4.3 Summary and Application -- 5.5 Case 5. South China Sea Disputes as Games -- References -- Further Reading
- 6 Exploiting Natural Resources in Cross-Border Areas -- 6.1 Solid Resources, Fixed Boundaries -- 6.1.1 Depletion of Natural Resources -- 6.1.2 One World, Different Countries -- 6.1.3 Geopolitical Influences -- 6.2 Fixed Boundaries, Fluid Resources -- 6.2.1 What Are Fluid Resources? -- 6.2.2 Transboundary Aquifer System -- 6.2.3 Iraq-Kuwait Boundary Oil -- 6.2.4 US-Mexico Boundary Waters -- 6.3 Solid Resources, Uncertain Boundaries -- 6.3.1 Uncertain Spratly Islands -- 6.3.2 Tumen's Development Puzzle -- 6.4 Uncertain Boundaries, Fluid Resources -- 6.4.1 Rough East China Sea -- 6.4.2 In-Depth Reasons of Discord -- 6.5 Models of Cross-Border Development -- 6.5.1 Solo-Development Model -- 6.5.2 Parallel-Development Model -- 6.5.3 Joint Venture Model -- 6.5.4 Joint Authority Model -- 6.5.5 Third-Party Trusteeship Model -- 6.6 Case 6. A Model of Cross-Border Oil Exploitation -- References -- Further Reading -- 7 Air and Space Resources and Cross-Border Cooperation -- 7.1 Drawing Borders Beyond Earth -- 7.1.1 A Failed Attempt -- 7.1.2 Potential Resource, Actual Resource -- 7.1.3 Layers of the Atmosphere -- 7.2 Climate and Weather -- 7.2.1 Climate and Climate Change -- 7.2.2 Good Wind, Bad Wind -- 7.2.3 Clouds as Rivers Flowing in the Sky -- 7.3 Artificial Weather Modification -- 7.3.1 Cloud Seeding -- 7.3.2 Storm/Hurricane Prevention -- 7.3.3 Weather Modification in Warfare -- 7.4 Cloud Seeding and Downwind Areas -- 7.4.1 'Hey! You! Get Off of My Cloud!' -- 7.4.2 Technical and Legal Issues -- 7.5 Space Competition and Cooperation -- 7.5.1 Aerospace Is Not an Empty Void -- 7.5.2 Avoiding Aerospace Race -- 7.5.3 Managing Space Debris -- 7.6 Case 7. An Overview of Satellite Collision Incidents -- References -- Further Reading -- 8 Cross-Border Ecological Preservation and Biosafety -- 8.1 Over-Exploitation: Old Issues -- 8.1.1 The Tragedy of the Commons
- 8.1.2 A Simple Fishery Model -- 8.2 Defining Maritime Boundaries -- 8.2.1 What Does the UNCLOS Say? -- 8.2.2 Territorial and International Waters -- 8.3 Avoiding Lose-Lose Situations -- 8.3.1 Resource Over-Exploitation -- 8.3.2 From Lose-Lose to Win-Win Games -- 8.4 Bioinvasions, Biosafety and Borders -- 8.4.1 A Few Words About Bioinvasions -- 8.4.2 Stop Invasive Species -- 8.4.3 Cross-Border Biosafety -- 8.5 Creating Protected Areas -- 8.5.1 What Is Protected Area? -- 8.5.2 New Areas, New Borders -- 8.6 Case 8. Stop Asian Carp in the United States: An Asian View -- References -- Further Reading -- 9 Cross-Border Environmental Pollution and Management -- 9.1 Earth and the Environment -- 9.1.1 Earth as a Diverse System -- 9.1.2 Old Issues, New Issues -- 9.2 Cross-Border Environmental Pollution -- 9.2.1 Environmental Quality -- 9.2.2 Cross-Border Water Pollution -- 9.2.3 A Statistical Test -- 9.3 Cross-Border Separation and the Environment -- 9.3.1 Common Issues, Differing Views -- 9.3.2 A US-Mexico Comparison -- 9.3.3 Tumen Water Pollution -- 9.4 Global Warming and Warning -- 9.4.1 Global Warming -- 9.4.2 Sea-Level Rise Projections -- 9.4.3 Challenges to Border-Related Issues -- 9.5 Nature Does Not Recognize Borders -- 9.5.1 Border Issues, Broader Issues -- 9.5.2 Policy Implications -- 9.6 Case 9. A Model of Cross-Border Water Pollution -- References -- Further Reading -- 10 Territorial Discontinuity and Cross-Border Cooperation -- 10.1 Why Discontinuous Territories? -- 10.1.1 Historical Context -- 10.1.2 Legal Factor -- 10.2 Enclaves and Counter-Enclaves -- 10.2.1 Who Drew These Borders? -- 10.2.2 De-enclaving the Border Areas -- 10.3 Cross-Border Territorial Re-allocation -- 10.3.1 Territorial Re-allocation: Rationale -- 10.3.2 Territorial Re-allocation: Principles -- 10.4 Territorial Diplomacy and Geopolitics
- 10.4.1 Cooperative Geopolitical Games (This subsection is based on Guo (2007, pp. 49-50, 57-59, 87-89, 106-108 and 265-266)) -- 10.4.2 Non-cooperative Geopolitical Games -- 10.5 Cross-Border Territorial Cooperation -- 10.5.1 European Territorial Cooperation -- 10.5.2 US-Mexico Border Crossings -- 10.5.3 A Glance of Friendship Bridges -- 10.6 Case 10. A Glance of the Land Swap Schemes -- References -- 11 Territorial Disputes and Cross-Border Management -- 11.1 What Are Bad Boundaries? -- 11.1.1 Inappropriate Terms and Place Names -- 11.1.2 Vague Geometrical Features -- 11.1.3 Intricate Human and Cultural Features -- 11.1.4 Inconsistent or Contradictory Statements -- 11.2 Factors Activating Territorial Disputes -- 11.2.1 Resource Scarcity -- 11.2.2 Locational Feature -- 11.2.3 Domestic Politics -- 11.2.4 Geopolitical Competition -- 11.2.5 Cultural Difference -- 11.2.6 Summary -- 11.3 Political Economy of Territorial Disputes -- 11.3.1 Costs of Territorial Disputes -- 11.3.2 Focusing the South China Sea Disputes -- 11.4 Territorial Disputes and Resource Management -- 11.4.1 Armed Conflicts and the Environment -- 11.4.2 Resource Management in Disputed Areas -- 11.5 Case 11. Territorial Claims in the Arctic -- References -- 12 Cross-Border Conflict Prevention and Management -- 12.1 Preventing Conflict -- 12.1.1 Negotiation -- 12.1.2 Mediation -- 12.1.3 Arbitration -- 12.1.4 Litigation -- 12.1.5 Shelving Disputes -- 12.2 Options for Areas in Conflict -- 12.2.1 Buffer Zone -- 12.2.2 Neutral Zone -- 12.2.3 Demilitarized Zone -- 12.2.4 International Peace Park -- 12.3 Warfare Management -- 12.3.1 From Disputes to Wars -- 12.3.2 Managing Wars -- 12.4 The Art of Avoiding War -- 12.4.1 An Art-of-Avoiding-War Flowchart -- 12.4.2 Toward a War-Free World -- 12.5 Case 12. How the Korean DMZ Works -- References -- Further Reading
- Appendix A: Data on the International Land Boundaries of the World