عنوان

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

(Number (ISBN

1552503801

(Number (ISBN

9781552503805

Erroneous ISBN

0415445841

Erroneous ISBN

0415461359

Erroneous ISBN

1315879328

Erroneous ISBN

9780415445849

Erroneous ISBN

9780415461351

Erroneous ISBN

9781315879321

Number

b739214

Publisher's Number

423016

Source

CaOOCEL

Title Proper

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

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

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

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Routledge,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (ix, 191 pages)

Series Title

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

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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Text of Note

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.

Text of Note

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.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

CPCSUB2011-2012

Medium

FormOnline

Terms of Availability

CostPaid

Title

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

International Standard Book Number

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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Number

Number

Edition

Edition

Class number

Book number

Biswas, Asit K.

Rached, Eglal.

Tortajada, Cecilia.

Date of Transaction

20201204001353.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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