03264nam 2200601Ia 450 991045470390332120200520144314.01-281-72806-397866117280691-55250-380-1(CKB)1000000000536586(EBL)353173(OCoLC)311865978(MiAaPQ)EBC353173(MiAaPQ)EBC3259383(Au-PeEL)EBL353173(CaPaEBR)ebr10255099(CaONFJC)MIL172806(EXLCZ)99100000000053658620071120d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||Water as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa[electronic resource] /edited by Asit K. Biswas, Eglal Rached and Cecilia TortajadaLondon Routledge20081 online resource (202 p.)Routledge studies in the growth economies of AsiaDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-46135-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Globalization8 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'; IndexAccess 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 nationalRoutledge studies in the growth economies of Asia.Water rightsMiddle EastWater rightsAfrica, NorthHuman rightsMiddle EastHuman rightsAfrica, NorthElectronic books.Water rightsWater rightsHuman rightsHuman rights341.483Biswas Asit K441238Rached Eglal922146Tortajada Cecilia922147MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454703903321Water as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa2069290UNINA