ABSTRACT
Water security has come to assume an increasingly prominent position in the international water and development community in recent years. Staff at the World Bank have explained that water security is critical for growth and development (Grey and Sadoff, 2007; Grey and Connors, 2009). The importance of water security for the sustainable development of countries such as China has been recognized nationally (Chen, 2004; Cheng et al., 2004; Liu et al., 2007). Water security has been at the heart of high profile negotiations on a Cooperative Framework Agreement in the Nile Basin (WaterLink, 2010). Finally, academia (Briscoe, 2009; University of East Anglia, 2009; Sinha, 2009; Tarlok and Wouters, 2009; Vorosmarty et al., 2010; Zeitoun, 2011; Cook and Bakker, 2012; Lankford et al., 2013) and other development actors (FAO, 2000; Swaminathan, 2001; Asian Development Bank, 2007; Biswas and Seetharam, 2008; Asia Society, 2009) have also placed prominent emphasis on the concept. 2
