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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Water laws"”.
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Water laws and the cultural values associated with rivers: Current frameworks and future directions.
… They are the most threatened of all freshwater habitats, and threats to their ecological integrity are both increasing and compounding. Rivers are crucial for supporting biological diversity (being unusually biodiverse habitats) and are key to the function of the Earth system. Rivers are …
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The Interface between International and National Laws: The Role of National Water Laws and Institutions in Advancing the Implementation of and Compliance with International Obligations-A Nile Case Study
… question: “How and to what extent, do national laws and institutions support or hinder the implementation of and compliance with international obligations?”<br/><br/>Chapter 2 examines the scope and structures of basic substantive and procedural principles as well as basin-wide and subsidiary …
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Enduring or escaping legacies? : Politics, inherited institutions, and rebellion in the struggle over water futures in Chile
… of politicized struggle has coalesced around water law. On one side of the struggle, water utilities, agro-export firms and entrenched political actors seek to retain the water laws inherited from the nation's 1973-1990 dictatorship. On the other, socio-political movements and recently elected …
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An analytical framework for reform of national water law
… is a comparative law study of the national water laws of four jurisdictions - Scotland, England, South Africa and Queensland Australia. The purpose of the research was to develop an analytical framework for reform of national water law. The management of the water resource is a pressing …
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A critical legal analysis of the law, principles and practice of transboundary water lar in Southern Africa: The case of Okavango river basin
… to an inevitable geometric rise in demand for water. At the centre of this growing demand is how nations relate to each other in the management of trans-boundary water resources. In analysing state relations in so far as transboundary water management and allocation is concerned, the central …
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Beneficial use, sustaining rivers and good governance: at the interface of international and national water law - the case of South Africa as a riparian state
Improving co-operation between states on a shared water course requires a systematic understanding of the synergy and diversity in the legal and policy environment as represented by international law, regional and basin agreeements and national water laws, together with an awareness of the …
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Water is country, country is culture: the translation of Indigenous relationships to water into law
… Indigenous conceptions of and relationships to water can be translated into law and subsequently recognised and protected. Water is Country and Country is culture. Water is not only an essential element of all life processes but also of the unique identities of the Canning Basin traditional …
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Assessment of groundwater management for domestic use from IWRM perspective in upper Limphasa river catchment, Malawi
… in relation to current management and usage of water resources were explained.With 1,321m3 per capita per year against index thresholds of 1,700-1,000m3 per capita per year, this study showed that Malawi is a physically water stressed country but not physically water scarce country although …