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This book follows Tony Allan’s journey through the maze of water management and global awareness of the risks of mismanagement, tracing the trajectory of the hydraulic mission from a time of infinite possibilities— fiat panis and piped water— to risk aversion, loss of confidence and political will, and post-water societies.

Part I, spanning fifteen chapters, explores Tony Allan's formative years at SOAS, his groundbreaking work in remote sensing, and his Middle Eastern studies. It examines his influential contributions to understanding water's political economy, the concept of virtual water, and the intricacies of transboundary water disputes. His keen insights into power dynamics shaped his perspective on regional agriculture, environmental issues, and cross-border water management.

Part II investigates two decades of profound societal and economic transformation, highlighting the expanding influence of the private sector, It showcases TonyAllan's transdisciplinary collaboration with diverse stakeholders, from institutions to communities. The narrative follows his strategic pivot from conventional water issues to food systems—the primary water consumer—culminating in the comprehensive Oxford Handbook of Water Food and Society.

Through sixteen detailed chapters, the book examines the mixed legacy of privatization and the complex politics of the water-energy-food nexus. It tackles contentious issues of sustainability and governance, ultimately advocating for the rebalancing of power dynamics within food systems and broader society.

This book offers critical insights for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners in the fields of water management, agriculture and the environment. Most of the chapters in this volume were originally published in Water International.



This book follows Tony Allan’s journey through the maze of water management and global awareness of the risks of mismanagement, tracing the trajectory of the hydraulic mission from a time of infinite possibilities— fiat panis and piped water— to risk aversion, loss of confidence and political will, and post-water societies.

Introduction: A life exploring blind corners: Tony Allans legacy
1.
Tony here! Reflections on Professor Tony Allan
2. Scalable Water Balances
from Earth Observations (SWEO): results from 50 years of remote sensing in
hydrology
3. Professor Tony Allan and Libya
4. Of intellectual friendship in
fin-de-sičcle London
5. Recollections of a peacemaker
6. Sanctioned discourse
and the power of hegemonic imaginings
7. Water wars, conflict and cooperation
how the virtual water concept helped change the discourse
8. How virtual
water saved the Middle East from water wars
9. From zero-sum to variable-sum
on the Nile
10. Egypts water balancing act
11. Contested baselines and
transboundary water resources management, with illustrations from the Nile
12. Water and complex problemsheds in Karamoja, Uganda
13. Ozymandias in the
desert: irrigation in Saudi Arabia
14. Locating the channel and other tales
from the river bank: constants and change in river boundary delimitation
15.
Power plus: Tony Allans contributions to understanding transboundary water
arrangements
16. I remember Tony
17. The role of the private sector in
sustainable development
18. The private sector and water services: a
reflection
19. Water governance and system coordination across diverse
risk-management cultures
20. Chronic crisis: 30 years on from the Dublin
Principles and still no market to value water
21. When the virtual water runs
out: local and global responses to addressing unsustainable groundwater
consumption
22. The problem with water footprints outside of irrigated
drylands
23. Virtual water, international relations and the new geopolitics
of food
24. The role of virtual-water decoupling in achieving foodwater
security: lessons from Egypt, 19622013
25. Unexpected bright spots: how the
pandemic, climate change and biodiversity loss are shaping the evolution of
the nexus
26. Tony Allan: a magic toolbox of theoretical frameworks, a
never-ending story
27. Accountants will save the world!
28. Irrigated
agriculture: more than big water and accountants will [ not] save the
world
29. Farmers will save the world!
30. Crossed wires: public regulation
and private action for water stewardship and sustainable farming
31. How
decisions are made by politicians through the advocacy of peer reviewed
research: the lens of advocacy coalition theory
32. The cost of food.
Consequences of not valuing soil and water and the people who manage them
David Dent graduated from of Durham University. A soil surveyor, he has dug in every continent. Turning to land evaluation, land use planning and the science-policy interface, he has advised national governments, international organisations and multinationals. He is a former Director of ISRIC World Soil Information.

Martin Keulertz is Adjunct Assistant Professor in Food Security to the American University of Beirut.

Michael Gilmont is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford Environmental Change Institute (ECI), and a Research Affiliate of InSIS, applying interdisciplinary political, economic and hydrological approaches to analysing water resource development and use.