Legal Geographies of Water - The Spaces, Places and Narratives of Human-Water Relations

This book explores humanity's complex relationship with water and the law, offering a critical assessment and a path toward a more sustainable, just water future. It will interest students and scholars of water law, security, and justice across disciplines.

List of contents

1. Mapping the legal geographies of water 2. The introduction of water markets 3. Global water governance reforms 4. The human right to water 5. Competing conceptions of the human right to water 6. The financialisation of water 7. Ontologies of living waters 8. Towards relational water governance

About the author

Cristy Clark is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business, Government and Law at the University of Canberra, Australia. Her research focuses on legal geography, the commons, and the intersection of human rights and the environment - particularly including water and climate justice. She is the co-author of The Lawful Forest: A Critical History of Property, Protest and Spatial Justice (2022).

Product details

• Authors: Cristy Clark
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 04.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032225975
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222597-5
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Earthscan Water Text
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; NATURE / Natural Resources, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, NATURE / Ecology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, LAW / Environmental, LAW / Natural Resources, Applied ecology, Politics & government, Environmental Management, Social impact of environmental issues, Politics and government, Environmental policy & protocols, Human Geography, Environment law, Environmental policy and protocols, Water industries, Energy industries and utilities