Abstract The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war intensified the debates about regional integration
and political rivalries in the South Caucasus. In the changing geopolitical setting of the …

This paper employs a game model to explain the water politics between China and India in
the Brahmaputra River Basin (BRB) for the past two decades. We delve into the strategic …

Cooperation in transboundary river basins can make water resources systems more efficient
and benefit riparian stakeholders. However, in a basin with upstream and downstream …

International transboundary aquifers provide important water supplies to over 150 countries.
Long-term sustainability of these aquifers requires transboundary cooperation and yet only a …

Eco-compensation is an important means to implement the rights and responsibilities of
ecological protection and alleviate the water conflicts inside and outside the river. Previous …

Transboundary water resources allocation is an effective measure to resolve water-related
conflicts. Aiming at the problem of water conflicts, we constructed water resources allocation …

Abstract “Action situations”—instances of decision-making and agency—have become
central to studying social–ecological systems. This special feature collects research using …

Water is essential to life and development in terms of both quantity and quality. Water
resources continue to face various pressures brought about by climate change, growing …

Game theory is a theoretical framework for conceiving social situations among competing
players. In some respects, game theory is the science of strategy, or at least the optimal …

Abstract The South Caucasus region possesses the ramified network of ground and
underground water systems. All water bodies in this region, particularly rivers and …