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Author:   Michael Kidd ,  Loretta Feris ,  Tumai Murombo ,  Alejandro Iza
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.628kg
ISBN:  

9781783479610

ISBN 10:   1783479612
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   24 June 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: 1. Introduction: Water and the Law - Towards Sustainability Michael Kidd and Loretta Feris PART I INTERNATIONAL AND TRANSBOUNDARY WATER LAW 2. 'Dynamic Cooperation' - The Evolution of Transboundary Water Cooperation Patricia Wouters 3. International Legal Perspectives on the Utilization of Trans-Boundary Rivers: The Case of the Ethiopian Renaissance (Nile) Dam Habtamu Alebachew 4. The Complexities of Developing a Transboundary Water Resources Management Agreement: Experiences from the Nile Basin Emmanuel B. Kasimbazi 5. Transboundary Groundwater Management: Comparison between International Law Guidelines and EU Water Policy Adrien Bodart PART II DOMESTIC WATER GOVERNANCE AND INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 6. A Jurisprudential Model for Sustainable Water Resources Governance Douglas E. Fisher 7. Sustainability, Governance and Water Management in New Zealand Trevor Daya-Winterbottom 8. The Protection of Riparian Forests and Water Resources Conservation in Brazil Mauricio D. dos Santos, Carolina Dutra, Vladimir Garcia Magalhaes and Jose Carlos L. da Silva 9. Achieving Ecologically Sustainable Development in Multi-level Water Governance Regimes: The Case of the Murray Darling Basin Ganesh Keremane, Jennifer McKay and Zhifang Wu 10. Weighing of Interests in the Finnish Water Law - From Financial Evaluation to Normative Weight of Interests Niko Soininen 11. Water Law: Adapting to Climate Change in South-Eastern Australia? Anita Foerster 12. Developing an Institutional Legal Framework for Sustainable Regional Water Management in Times of Climate Change Marleen van Rijswick and Imelda U. Tappeiner 13. Using Progressive Realization and Reasonableness to Evaluate Implementation Lags in the South African Water Management Reform Process Ramin Pejan, Derick du Toit and Sharon Pollard PART III THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO WATER 14. The Right to Water and its Misconceptions, Between Developed and Developing Countries Nicola Lugaresi 15. The Endless Struggle of Indigenous Peoples in Protected Areas - The Bushman's Challenge for Water Rights in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve Alexander Ross Paterson Index

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'With its extensive footnoting the book also functions as an immensely rich resource of further references to further information, which will certainly delight researchers. Environmental lawyers and environmentalists alike will welcome this book as a valuable contribution to the current literature on this vital subject.'- The Barrister Magazine

Author Information

Edited by Michael Kidd, Professor of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Loretta Feris, The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, Tumai Murombo, Associate Professor, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and Alejandro Iza, Director, IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Germany

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