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UNINA9910454703903321 |
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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 |
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London, : Routledge, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-72806-3 |
9786611728069 |
1-55250-380-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (202 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BiswasAsit K |
RachedEglal |
TortajadaCecilia |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Water rights - Middle East |
Water rights - Africa, North |
Human rights - Middle East |
Human rights - Africa, North |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 |
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UNISA996390947003316 |
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Autore |
RhodokanakeĢs KoĢnstantinos <1635-1689.> |
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Alexicacus, spirit of salt of the world, which vulgarly prepar'd is call'd spirit of salt, or, The transcendent virtue of the true spirit of salt long looked for [[electronic resource] ] : and now philosophically prepared and purified from all hurtfull or corroding qualities, far beyond any thing yet known to the world : being both safe and pleasant for the use of all men, women, and children / / by Constantine Rhodocanaces . |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London, : Printed by R.D., 1664 |
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Edizione |
[This third edition is enlarged with some extraordinary testimonies, advertisements, and rare medicaments.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Salt - Therapeutic use |
Materia medica |
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Note generali |
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Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. |
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