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



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Titolo: Water as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa / / edited by Asit K. Biswas, Eglal Rached and Cecilia Tortajada Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 p.)
Disciplina: 341.483
Soggetto topico: Water rights - Middle East
Water rights - Africa, North
Human rights - Middle East
Human rights - Africa, North
Altri autori: BiswasAsit K  
RachedEglal  
TortajadaCecilia  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Water as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-72806-3
9786611728069
1-55250-380-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910806229103321
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Serie: Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia.