ECON 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Water Privatization, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Water Scarcity
2. Carefully examine the reductionist thinking and social ruthlessness of those (the World Bank and IMF included)
spearheading the drive to ‘commodify’ water. Do you agree with their view that the growing hydrological poverty can
be resolved only by declaring water an economic good; and that it be apportioned and regulated by just private
corporations?
3. “When private companies try to make large profits through high water prices, it denies the poor the inalienable right
to the most necessary substance of life”. Do you agree with this statement? Cite actual instances to refute or validate
the view above.
3. How has Turkey ignored the principles of justice and good neighbourliness when
dealing with the waters of the Tigris and the Euphrates? How is modern Turkey retreating
to its historic past, even at the cost of curtailing its Israeli and European outreach?
Turkey is aspiring to be a major water exporter; major reginal water power. There are
3 nation rivalry surrounding the Tigris and the Euphrates.
Coercive manipulation of 2 major internal rivers. China and Turkey “Right to prior
use”
Kurdish problem: In 1919, Turkey and Iraq, PKK. Kemalists secular: Exporting water to
Israel, and Eurpeans. (NATO).
Turkey change the flotilla, Turkey’s price is US $0.80 per cm3; Finance ministry (In
general) price is US $0.50 per cm3; how affluent covntries can buy their way out of
water scarcity.
Water Turkeys is also an oil famkers. Plastic bayes Nordic water supply: year 2000
filled up 5 million gallons of water. Turkey hopes to supply water to approximately
8-9 million people: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qalas.
It is water grab. Europe and the Rhine river environment the tragedy of the commons
Central : Fish Kills; Kletoscracy
Water privatization: water; most critical resource.
Earth => Blue Planet => home to approximately 1,386 million k3 of water; However,
97.5% is salt water. Only 2.5% =>usable. More than 2/3 is trapped in glaciers,
mountain tops permafrost.
Water available: smaller than water the aggregate statistic suggest. => surface water:
constitutes a small fraction of available water river streams lokes. Most water is
underground water => the water crisis that is loomuing.
Global consumption of water is doubling every 20 years => the rate of growth
population is only 1/2 of that.
By 2025, the demand for fresh water is expected to be in excess of 56% of water is
currently available. => As water demand for exceeds supply results : 2/3 of the
world’s population will have cittle or no access to clean & safe drinking.
Wetlands => draw wetlands
South Iraq => extensive draniafe schemes => saddam era.
Jordan => Oasis of Azraq. By 1993 => everything dried up => desert.
With drawl rate >replenishment rate.
Food prod => thirsty business .
1kg rice => calls for 1900 L of water.
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Document Summary
Carefully examine the reductionist thinking and social ruthlessness of those (the world bank and imf included) spearheading the drive to commodify" water. Turkey is aspiring to be a major water exporter; major reginal water power. 3 nation rivalry surrounding the tigris and the euphrates. Kurdish problem: in 1919, turkey and iraq, pkk. Turkey change the flotilla, turkey"s price is us sh. 80 per cm3; finance ministry (in general) price is us sh. 50 per cm3; how affluent covntries can buy their way out of water scarcity. Plastic bayes nordic water supply: year 2000 filled up 5 million gallons of water. 8-9 million people: saudi arabia, kuwait, bahrain, qalas. Europe and the rhine river environment the tragedy of the commons. Earth => blue planet => home to approximately 1,386 million k3 of water; however, More than 2/3 is trapped in glaciers, mountain tops permafrost. Water available: smaller than water the aggregate statistic suggest.
