Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; Abstract; Background; Purpose of the Book; Scope of the Book; The Nile River; The Nile River Basin and Water Security; Dams and Barrages on River Channels; Effects of Dams and Barrages on River Channels; The Legal Aspects of the Nile River; Agriculture and Irrigation in Nile Basin; Agriculture and Irrigation in Egypt; Efficiency Use of Irrigation Water; References; 2 The Nile River; Abstract; Background; Scope of the Chapter; Geographical Features of the Nile River

Hydrological Features of the Nile RiverEconomic Aspects of the Nile River; The Legal Aspects of the Nile River; References; 3 The Nile River Basin and Water Security; Abstract; Background; Scope of the Chapter; Geographical Snapshot of the Blue Nile River; The Nile River Basin; Puzzles and Theoretical Understandings; Ethiopian Hegemony; Hydro-Hegemony (Egypt and Sudan); References; 4 Dams and Barrages on River Channels; Abstract; Background; Scope of the Chapter; Water and Development; Economic Growth and Development; Competing Uses of Water; Development and Large Dams

Dams in the Twentieth CenturyLarge Dams as Instruments of Development; Irrigation Water Supplied from Large Dams; Problems Associated with Large Dams; Riverine Ecosystems Impacts; Social Consequences of Large Dams; Understanding the Large Dams Debate; Social Impacts and Equity; References; 5 Effects of Dams and Barrages on River Channels; Abstract; Background; Scope of the Chapter; Effects of Dams; Effects of Dams on River Channels; Effects of Gravel Mining on River Channels; Effects of Denudation on River Channels; Channel Incision; Bed Coarsening and Loss of Spawning Gravels

Gravel Replenishment Below DamsSediment Sluicing and Pass-Through from Reservoirs; Channel Narrowing and Fine Sediment Accumulation Below Dams; Coastal Erosion; References; 6 The Legal Aspects of the Nile River; Abstract; Background; Scope of the Chapter; The Nile Water Treaties; Treaties Between U.K and the Powers Controlling the Nile Basin; The 1929 Nile Waters Agreement; Agreements Consolidating and Supplementing the 1929 Agreement; State Succession; State Succession in the Nile Basin; Succession to Treaties; The Problem in Perspective

The Claim that the Nile Water Treaties Are Valid and BindingThe Case Against; Historical Significance: Cleaning up the Remnants of a Colonial-Legal Legacy?; References; 7 Agriculture and Irrigation; Abstract; Background; Scope of the Chapter; Water Supply; Improving Performance and Productivity of Existing Irrigation Systems; Improved Basin and System Level Management; Riverine Ecosystems Impacts; On-Farm Technologies for Enhancing the Productivity of Land and Water; Policy and Institutional Reform; Improving Alternative Supply-Side Measures