Water As a Human Right for the Middle East and North Africa

Informationen zum Autor Biswas, Asit; Rached, Eglal; Tortajada, Cecilia Zusammenfassung This book systematically and comprehensively analyzes the legal development of the concept of water as a human right; its implications for the national governments, as well as the impact of the implementation of this concept for international and national organizations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Water as a Human Rights, Opportunities and Constraints. Human Right to Water in North Africa and the Middle East: What is New and What is Not - What is Important and What is Not. Right to Water: Millennium Development Goals and Water in the MENA Region. Right to Water. Actualizing the Human Right to Water: An Egyptian Perspective for an Action Plan. Towards a Human Right to Water Approach in Lebanon. Accountability and Rights in Right-Based Approaches for Local Water Governance. Water as a Human Right: Towards Civil Society Globalization. Improving Access to Water Resources and Social Inclusion in the Middle East. Water as a Human Right: The Palestinian Occupied Territories as Example. Water as a Human Right: The Understanding of Water Rights in Palestine

Product details

• Authors: Asit (National University of Singapore) Ra Biswas
• Assisted by: Asit Biswas (Editor), Biswas Asit (Editor), Eglal Rached (Editor), Rached Eglal (Editor), Cecilia Tortajada (Editor), Tortajada Cecilia (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.04.2008
• EAN: 9780415445849
• ISBN: 978-0-415-44584-9
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Environmental Economics, Development Studies