Charting the Water Regulatory Future: Issues, Challenges and Directions

Name: Charting the Water Regulatory Future: Issues, Challenges and Directions
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781785366710
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Author: Julien Chaisse
ISBN: 9781785366710

By Julien Chaisse

Edward Elgar Publishing January 2017

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ISBN-13: 9781785366710
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: January 2017
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Water is an essential resource for mankind, yet many countries around the world are currently facing mounting freshwater management challenges, with climate change and new regional imbalances threatening to aggravate this situation further. This timely book offers a unique interdisciplinary inquiry into the issues and challenges water regulation will face in the coming years. The book brings together economists, political scientists, geographers and legal scholars to offer a number of proposals for the future of water regulation.The contributions in this book are grouped around specific themes. In the Part I, the contributions address the challenges which water poses to public international law. In the Part II, the authors explore the most pressing ethical, legal, and social issues. Finally, the discussion in Part III covers the economic drivers shaping the future of water. This discerning book covers all of the primary actors in the actors of the water world, including governments, companies, international organizations, and citizens.With an original introduction by the editor and bringing a diverse collection of perspectives into a single collection, the book will be an essential resource for scholars and practitioners in legal and policy fields such as trade and investment, human rights and the environment as well as in international relations.

Foreword:Ben Boer
1. IntroductionJulien Chaisse
PART I THE WATER CHALLENGE TO PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
2. Promoting Global Water-use Efficiency - Promises and Shortcomings of International Trade Rules Manzoor Ahmad
3. The Trade in Water Services - How Does GATS Apply to the Water and Sanitation Services Sector? Rebecca Bates
4. Virtual Water and International Law Paolo Turrini
5. Foreign Investment in Water - Privatization, Globalisation and the Law Julien Chaisse
6. The Right of the Host State to Regulate Water Services Catharine Titi
7. Regulation and Protection of Water in International Law: Terrestrial and Marine Perspectives Virginie J.M. Tassin
PART II ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIAL ISSUES
8. The Human Right to Water in Investment Arbitration - A Critical Approach to Investment Arbitral Awards on Water-related Issues Miharu Hirano and Shotaro Hamamoto
9. The Provision and Violation of Water Rights - A Human Rights Based Approach Sikander Ahmed Shah
10. The Human Right to Clean Water and Sanitation - A Perspective from Nigeria Cosmas Emeziem, LL.M 2015, Candidate for the Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D), Cornell Law School, Myron Taylor Hall, Ithaca New York. This paper was developed in the International Environmental Law Seminar Spring 2015, guided by Professor Keith S. Porter. Any error attributable to it is mine.
11. Troubled Waters: Impact of the Private Sector in Implementing the Right to Water Michael Posner and Preetha Mahadevan
12. Sanitation Rights, Public Law Litigation, and Inequality - A Case Study from Brazil Ana P. Barcellos
PART III ECONOMIC DRIVERS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF WATER
13. Demand for Infrastructure Investment for Water Services - Key Features and Assessment Methods Sacchidananda Mukherjee and Debashis Charkraborty
14. Residential Water Charges in Ireland - Policy Objectives and Funding Models Thomas McDonnell
15. The Role of Multinationals in Providing Water Services - Are they More Efficient? Tihomir Ancev, Samad Azad and Francesc Hernandez-Sancho
16. Microfinance in Water and Sanitation Services - Identifying Best Practices Allen Lai and Jonatan Lassa
Index