The Law and Governance of Water Resources - 9781847206299

The Law and Governance of Water ResourcesThe Challenge of Sustainability\nAuthor(s): Douglas Fisher\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781847206299, 978-1847206299\nSynopsis\nThis path-breaking book focuses on the law and legal doctrine within the wider policy context of water resources and analyses the concept of [url] achieve the sustainable use and development of water resources is a daunting challenge for both global and local communities. It requires commitments from all groups within international, national and local communities from their own particular, possibly conflicting, perspectives. Without a set of coherent legal arrangements designed to ensure effective governance of water resources, their sustainable use and development is unlikely to be achieved. Douglas Fisher considers how legal arrangements for managing water resources have evolved across the continents over hundreds of years.