SPECIAL ISSUE

TRANSBOUNDARY WATER GOVERNANCE IN ASIA – EXAMINING REGIONAL PRACTICE THROUGH MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES

Guest Editors
Professor Dr Patricia Wouters and Dr Fozia Nazir Lone

Introduction
PROFESSOR DR PATRICIA WOUTERS 
Director, International Water Law 
Academy, China Institute of Boundary and 
Ocean Studies (CIBOS), Wuhan University, China

DR FOZIA NAZIR LONE
Associate Professor, School of Law, 
City University of Hong Kong

ARTICLES
Legal reflections on the Indus Waters Treaty – longstanding model, or imperfect agreement? Contemporary challenges for regional transboundary water cooperation
PROFESSOR DR PATRICIA WOUTERS 
Director, International Water Law 
Academy, China Institute of Boundary and 
Ocean Studies (CIBOS), Wuhan University, China

Damming the Indus waters: thoughts on  the future of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty  and Himalayan water security
FOZIA NAZIR LONE  
Associate Professor, School of Law, 
City University of Hong Kong

The fundamentals of China’s approaches to dispute settlement: an Asian international water law regime in the context of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative
PROFESSOR ANTHONY CARTY
Beijing Institute of Technology School of Law

Scalar water politics and competing development visions in China’s transboundary Himalayan river basins:  what role for international water law?
OLIVER HENSENGERTH 
Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK

The IWT and the scalar hydropolitics  of the Indus Basin
HARRIS KUEMMERLE  
Kings College, London
DAANISH MUSTAFA
Professor in Critical Geography, 
Department of Geography, Kings College, London

Assessing the role of legal documentation in transboundary collaborations: a comparative analysis of water supply projects in Hong Kong and  Singapore
JINGYUAN XU  
PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
CHENLIN ZHAO
PhD candidate, Department of Public Policy, 
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 
China