TRANSBOUNDARY GOVERNANCE OF GROUNDWATER AND AQUIFERS: YOU CAN'T SEPARATE ONE FROM THE OTHER

摘要

We often hear the expression ".... Is the glass half-full or half-empty" sometime in our daily lives interacting with colleagues, friends, and family. It is one of those cliches used to express positive versus negative thinking or philosophical differences in addressing everyday problems. Professional entertainers and websites regularly use the cliche in their routines or to compile funny quotes; one resonated well with the issue of transbound-ary waters: The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty. The project manager says the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. The realist says the glass contains half the required amount of liquid for it to overflow. And the cynic wonders who drank the other half.