LEADER 03264nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910454703903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-72806-3 010 $a9786611728069 010 $a1-55250-380-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000536586 035 $a(EBL)353173 035 $a(OCoLC)311865978 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC353173 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3259383 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL353173 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10255099 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172806 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000536586 100 $a20071120d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 200 00$aWater as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Asit K. Biswas, Eglal Rached and Cecilia Tortajada 210 $aLondon $cRoutledge$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in the growth economies of Asia 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-46135-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a8 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 330 $aAccess to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is essential for human survival and for maintenance of a decent quality of life. Currently, more than a billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and more than 2 billion people lack proper sanitation. In 1992, the United Nations proclaimed that water should be considered to be a human right. This position, however, has not been accepted by many developed and developing countries. This book systematically and comprehensively analyses the legal development of the concept of water as a human right:. Implications for national 410 0$aRoutledge studies in the growth economies of Asia. 606 $aWater rights$zMiddle East 606 $aWater rights$zAfrica, North 606 $aHuman rights$zMiddle East 606 $aHuman rights$zAfrica, North 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWater rights 615 0$aWater rights 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aHuman rights 676 $a341.483 701 $aBiswas$b Asit K$0441238 701 $aRached$b Eglal$0922146 701 $aTortajada$b Cecilia$0922147 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454703903321 996 $aWater as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa$92069290 997 $aUNINA