Legal Perspectives on Bridging Science and Policy

Author: Mara Tignino; Raya Marina Stephan; Renee Martin-Nagle; Owen McIntyre
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367406851
Published In: November 2019
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Legal Perspectives on Bridging Science and Policy deals with the interaction of science and policy from a legal perspective.

Expert contributors outline the role of law in water management and suggest solutions to make laws flexible and adaptive to changes in scientific knowledge and environmental, social and economic conditions. Each chapter addresses the topic with a different focus and offers an in-depth analysis of legal challenges related to the creation of interdisciplinary bridges, clarifying how science may be assimilated into decision-making processes and can thereby contribute to build evidence-based policies.

Legal Perspectives on Bridging Science and Policy will be of great interest to scholars of water law, water governance and environmental law. The book was originally published in the journal Water International, following the XVI World Water Congress of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) (2017).

Introduction: Bridging science and policy: legal perspectives

Mara Tignino, Raya Marina Stephan, Renée Martin-Nagle and Owen McIntyre

1. The future of domestic water law: trends and developments revisited, and where reform is headed

Stefano Burchi

2. The adaptation potential of water law in Canada: changing existing water use entitlements

Deborah Curran

3. Proof of sufficient water resources as a prerequisite for the authorization of new urban developments: the Spanish model

Roberto O. Bustillo Bolado and Laura Movilla Pateiro

4. Understanding water disputes in Chile with text and data mining tools

Mauricio Herrera, Cristian Candia, Diego Rivera, Douglas Aitken, Daniel Brieba, Camila Boettiger, Guillermo Donoso and Alex Godoy-Faúndez

5. Bringing back ecological flows: migratory fish, hydropower and legal maladaptivity in the governance of Finnish rivers

Niko Soininen, Antti Belinskij, Anssi Vainikka and Hannu Huuskonen