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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454703903321

Titolo

Water as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Asit K. Biswas, Eglal Rached and Cecilia Tortajada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2008

ISBN

1-281-72806-3

9786611728069

1-55250-380-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia

Altri autori (Persone)

BiswasAsit K

RachedEglal

TortajadaCecilia

Disciplina

341.483

Soggetti

Water rights - Middle East

Water rights - Africa, North

Human rights - Middle East

Human rights - Africa, North

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; 1 Water as a Human Right in the MENA Region: Challenges and Opportunities; 2 Human Rights to Water in North Africa and the Middle East: What is New and What is Not;  What is Important and What is Not; 3 Right to Water: The Millennium Development Goals and Water in the MENA Region; 4 The Right to Water; 5 Water as a Human Right: The Palestinian Occupied Territories as an Example; 6 Water as a Human Right: The Understanding of Water Rights in Palestine; 7 Water as a Human Right: Towards Civil Society Globalization

8 Actualizing the Right to Water: An Egyptian Perspective for an Action Plan 9 Accountability and Rights in Right-based Approaches for Local Water Governance; 10 Towards a Human Rights Approach to Water in Lebanon: Implementation beyond 'Reform'; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is essential for human survival and for maintenance of a decent quality of life. Currently, more than a billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and more than 2 billion people lack proper sanitation. In 1992, the United Nations proclaimed that water should be considered to be a human right. This position, however, has not been accepted by many developed and developing countries. This book systematically and comprehensively analyses the legal development of the concept of water as a human right:. Implications for national