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Water as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa /

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9781552503805

0415445841

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Water as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa /

[Book]

edited by Asit K. Biswas, Eglal Rached and Cecilia Tortajada.

London :

Routledge,

2008.

1 online resource (ix, 191 pages)

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Water as a human right in the MENA region : challenges and opportunities / Asit K. Biswas -- 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 / David B. Brooks -- 3. Right to water : the millennium development goals and water in the MENA region / Olli Varis -- 4. The right to water / Antonio Embid Irujo -- 5. Water as a human right : the Palestinian occupied territories as an example / Abdallah Abu-Eid -- 6. Water as a human right : the understanding of water rights in Palestine / Simone Klawitter -- 7. Water as a human right : towards civil society globalization / Odeh Al Jayyousi -- 8. Actualizing the right to water : an Egyptian perspective for an action plan / Shaden Abdel-Gawad -- 9. Accountability and rights in right-based approaches for local water governance / Peter Laban -- 10. Towards a human rights approach to water in Lebanon : implementation beyond 'reform' / Karim Makdisi.

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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 gover.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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Water as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa.

0415445841

Human rights-- Africa, North.

Human rights-- Middle East.

Water rights-- Africa, North.

Water rights-- Middle East.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Real Estate-- General.

Human rights.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Human Rights.

Water rights.

Middle East.

North Africa.

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BUS-- 054000

POL-- 035010

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Biswas, Asit K.

Rached, Eglal.

Tortajada, Cecilia.

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