Water Resource Management and the Law

Water Resource Management and the Law
Author: Erkki J. Hollo
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2017-11-24
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1785369830

Scarcity of water, floods and erosion caused by climate change have made the management of water resources a challenge to national and international actors worldwide. States have also initiated water projects to improve social welfare, often with significant impacts on the environment. This book combines close analysis of the legal structures of water rights with consideration of the modes of water management projects to illustrate current water-related problems in terms of practical solutions in a global context.

Interest Groups, Water Politics and Governance

Interest Groups, Water Politics and Governance
Author: Richard Meissner
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2015-07-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319211307

The book investigates the role interest groups have played over the years to influence the governments of Lesotho and South Africa, the World Bank and project implementation authorities in changing some policy aspects of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). Some of the issues being agitated by the interest groups are the resettlement of villagers where some of the dams for the projects are being constructed. The author argues that interest groups and individuals have the ability to influence the above-mentioned institutions and to such an extent that water politics and governance is not the domain of state institutions only.

A Scientific Bibliography of the Drakensberg, Maloti and Adjacent Lowlands

A Scientific Bibliography of the Drakensberg, Maloti and Adjacent Lowlands
Author: Rodney Moffett
Publisher: UJ Press
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2021-04-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1928424457

This bibliography includes scientific articles on the Drakensberg, Maloti and Adjacent Lowlands published between 1808 and 2019. Although focussing on material appearing in accredited journals, there is such a wealth of information in the form of unpublished, yet traceable, reports, documents, presentations and dissertations, these are also included. The bibliography has two parts – a complete list arranged alphabetically, and the same references arranged in 33 different disciplines. These range from Palaeobotany with 17 entries, to Rock Art with 502 entries.

River Basin Management in the Twenty-First Century

River Basin Management in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Victor Roy Squires
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2014-07-10
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1466579625

Worldwide development of agriculture and industry creates burgeoning demands on natural resources. Management of the rivers and the surrounding landscape is one of the important tasks for today and for the foreseeable future. Lessons learned from centuries of management (and mismanagement) have been distilled into principles and practices which form the subject matter for this book. It provides both a global perspective and an entrée to the special problems associated with management of transboundary rivers.

Water Law

Water Law
Author: Joseph W. Dellapenna
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1783477008

This volume of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law provides thorough and detailed coverage of the changing meanings and roles of water law, from the local to the global. It examines the rules of ownership, rights of use, and dispute resolution that address access, allocation, and protection of water resources. Written by leading scholars and practitioners from across the globe, this authoritative volume will be a vital resource for all scholars and students of environmental law.