Screen LibraryCharting the water regulatory future : issues, challenges and directions /
This book is about the issues, challenges and directions currently faced by water as a key resource for mankind. The book aims at providing a finer understanding of the water regulatory future. The contributions in this book are grouped around specific themes. In Part I, the contributions address th...
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Edward Elgar Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New horizons in environmental and energy law
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| Summary: |
This book is about the issues, challenges and directions currently faced by water as a key resource for mankind. The book aims at providing a finer understanding of the water regulatory future. The contributions in this book are grouped around specific themes. In Part I, the contributions address the water challenge to public international law. In Part II, the authors explore the most pressing ethical, legal, and social issues. In Part III, the discussion covers the economic drivers shaping the future of water. |
| Carrier Form: | xxx, 411 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-394) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781785366710 1785366718 |
| Index Number: | K3498 |
| CLC: | D912.6 |
| Call Number: | D912.6/C486 |
| Contents: |
Promoting global water-use efficiency : promises and shortcomings of international trade rules / The trade in water services : how does GATS apply to the water and sanitation services sector? / Virtual water : a global economic solution to a local environmental and political problem? / Foreign investment in water : privatization, globalization and the law / The right of the host state to regulate water services / Regulation and protection of water in international law : terrestrial and marine per |