The Scarcity of Water, Emerging Legal and Policy Responses

Edward Brans, Esther J. De Haan

Kluwer Law International B.V., May 14, 1997 - Law - 299 pages

The threat of water scarcity touches human populations and ecosystems worldwide. This work overviews the various legal responses to conflicts involving water as a resource. It addresses the continuous development of water law in the face of new water shortage scares.

The distinguished team of contributors analyses the nature of the problem, international water law, legal and policy responses to water scarcity in selected regions, and the emergence of a new body of economic water law. Contributing experts in the field of water law and policy reveal the diverse and dynamic development of water law and the interaction between the legal and policy responses at the international, regional, and national levels.

A result of the conference `Scarcity of Water, International, European and National Legal Aspects' held at the Faculty of Law of the Erasmus University, Rotterdam in October 1995, this book also contains a selection of papers presented at the conference.

Contents

• The Major Issue of: 3
• Escalation of the problems: 11
• The state of fresh water in the Netherlands: 17
• What is the problem?: 23
• Conflicts of interest: 34
• Institutional and Legal Responses: 43
• Strategies to alleviate water scarcity: 49
• Outlook: 56
• Procedures to resolve interstate conflicts on water scarcity: 62
• the Gabcikovo case: 67
• Annex: 76
• The principle of equitable and reasonable utilization: 83
• The provisions on environmental protection: 90
• Concluding remarks: 98
• migration: 109
• The Nile as a Legal and Political Structure: 121
• The unravelling of the Nile Treaty system: 126
• Roots of the conflict and escalation: 141
• Peace negotiations and treaties: 154
• Water distribution in Africa: 167
• Current Trends in United States Water: 183
• The special case of Indian tribes: 189
• Conclusion: 195
• Case law on water pollution based on neighbour law water: 202
• Conclusions: 211
• Recovery of cleanup costs of polluted river beds: 219
• Scarcity of Water: 224
• Legal principles of access distribution allocation operation: 230
• Conclusions: 240
• Water as a commodity: 246
• Restricting water exports for conservation purposes: 253
• Water Conflicts Between Mexico and: 260
• The institutional framework: 268
• Global warming: 274
• The United Kingdom experiment: 286

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Scarcity of Water, Emerging Legal and Policy Responses; International environmental law and policy series; Law and Electronic Commerce; The Scarcity of Water: Emerging Legal and Policy Responses
• Editors: Edward Brans, Esther J. De Haan
• Contributor: Sanders Instituut
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V., 1997
• ISBN: 904110657X, 9789041106575
• Length: 299 pages
• Subjects: Law / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Law / Environmental; Law / International; Law / Natural Resources; Law / Property