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Chaisse, Julien --- "Charting the Water Regulatory Future" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) [2017] ELECD 313

Editor(s): Chaisse, Julien

Title: Charting the Water Regulatory Future

Sub-title: Issues, Challenges and Directions

Series: New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law series

Topics: Energy Law; Environmental Law; International Economic Law, Trade Law; Regulation and Governance

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 27 January 2017

Number of pages: c 448

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785366710

EISBN: 9781785366727

Abstract/Description:

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 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 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.