Water and the law : towards sustainability / edited by Michael Kidd, Loretta Feris, Tumai Murombo, Alejandro Iza. - xv, 393 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series . - IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : water and the law : towards sustainability / Michael Kidd and Loretta Feris -- 2.'Dynamic Cooperation' : The Evolution of Transboundary Water Cooperation / Patricia Wouters -- 3. International Legal Perspectives on the Utilization of Trans-Boundary Rivers : The Case of the Ethiopian Renaissance (Nile) Dam / Habtamu Alebachew -- 4. The Complexities of Developing a Transboundary Water Resources Management Agreement : Experiences from the Nile Basin / Emmanuel B. Kasimbazi -- 5. Transboundary Groundwater Management : Comparison between International Law Codification and EU Water Policy / Adrien Bodart -- 6. A Jurisprudential Model for Sustainable Water Resources Governance / Douglas E. Fisher -- 7. Sustainability, Governance and Water Management in New Zealand / Trevor Daya-Winterbottom. 8. The Protection of Riparian Forests and Water Resources Conservation in Brazil / Mauricio D. dos Santos, Carolina Dutra, Vladimir Garcia Magalhaes and Jose Carlos L. da Silva -- 9. Achieving Ecologically Sustainable Development in Multi-level Water Governance Regimes : The Case of the Murray Darling Basin / Ganesh Keremane, Jennifer McKay and Zhifang Wu -- 10. Weighing of Interests in the Finnish Water Law : From Financial Evaluation to Normative Weight of Interests / Niko Soininen -- 11. Water Law : Adapting to Climate Change in South-Eastern Australia? / Anita Foerster -- 12. Developing an Institutional Legal Framework for Sustainable Regional Water Management in Times of Climate Change / Marleen van Rijswick and Imelda U. Tappeiner -- 13. Using Progressive Realization and Reasonableness to Evaluate Implementation Lags in the South African Water Management Reform Process / Ramin Pejan, Derick du Toit and Sharon Pollard -- 14. The Right to Water and its Misconceptions, Between Developed and Developing Countries / Nicola Lugaresi -- 15. The Endless Struggle of Indigenous Peoples in Protected Areas : The Bushmen's Challenge for Water Rights in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve / Alexander Ross Paterson

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Water resources development--Law and legislation.
Water--Law and legislation.
Sustainable development--Law and legislation.
Environmental law, International.
International cooperation.