Regional energy trading-a new avenue for resolving a regional water dispute?

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2015-01-01

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Scheuman, Waltina
Tiğrek, Şahnaz

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The Coruh/Chorokhi river system is of great economic importance to both Turkey and - Georgia because of its largely undeveloped but economically exploitable potential for hydropower. On both sides of the border a large number of hydropower projects are being implemented unilaterally in which private investors play the key role, following liberalisation of the energy sectors in Turkey and Georgia. This has been promoted in both countries, despite the resulting social and environmental costs, particularly in Turkey.

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Coruh/Chorokhi river system, Unilateralism, Hydropower, International disputes, Regional electricity trade, Potential for dispute resolution

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/53816

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER GOVERNANCE

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W. Scheuman and Ş. Tiğrek, “Regional energy trading-a new avenue for resolving a regional water dispute?,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER GOVERNANCE, pp. 49–69, 2015, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/53816.