TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hendry,Sarah
TI  - Frameworks for water law reform
T2  - International hydrology series
SN  - 9780511998065 (ebook)
AV  - K3496 .H46 2015
U1  - 346.04/691 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Water
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Water resources development
KW  - Water rights (International law)
KW  - Water-supply
KW  - Water transfer
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Integrated water development
KW  - Law reform
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); Policy context -- Integrated water resource management and river basin planning -- Water rights and allocation -- Water pollution and water quality -- Governance and regulation of water services -- General conclusions
N2  - The world is currently experiencing unprecedented global change, with population increase, urbanisation, climate change and environmental degradation combining to make management of freshwater resources a critical policy focus of the twenty-first century. This timely book designs and develops an original, analytical framework for water law reform processes, using case studies across four jurisdictions. Addressing the four principal areas of water law - integrated water resource management (IWRM) and river basin planning, water rights and allocation, water pollution and quality, and water services - this book provides a comprehensive study of water law, within the context of global and regional policy agendas. Case studies from England, Scotland, South Africa and Queensland, Australia, are presented, providing comparators from both common law and mixed jurisdictions, from the northern and southern hemispheres, and from developed and developing countries. A legislative framework is proposed for water law reform processes, and the consequences of different reform options are considered and investigated. A valuable resource for academics and graduate students in environmental law, resource management, hydrology and social science, this book is also highly relevant to policymakers, NGOs and legal practitioners
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511998065
ER  -