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Mega-Dams and Indigenous Human Rights
Itzchak Kornfeld
This original and insightful book explores and examines the impact that building mega-dams has on the human rights of those living in surrounding areas, and in particular those of indigenous peoples who are often most affected. Compiling...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Global Environmental Governance and Small States
Michelle Scobie
‘Michelle Scobie’s new book, Global Environmental Governance and Small States explores how global institutions and norms become relevant, absorbed and adapted to local development priorities, norms and culture in the CARICOM region. Fill...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Research Handbook on Freshwater Law and International Relations
Edited by Mara Tignino, Christian Bréthaut
Recent decades have seen pivotal changes in the management and protection of water resources, with human rights, environmental and water law each developing a strong interest in the conservation of fresh water. This surge in interest has...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Water Supply in a Mega-City
Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson, Mark Wang
‘A very well documented, clearly written and intellectually stimulating account of how, despite sitting at the mouth of one of the world largest rivers, Shanghai has become a place in which you cannot drink the tap water. The book pieces...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Tapping the Oceans
Edited by Joe Williams, Erik Swyngedouw
‘This very timely book provides an excellent and insightful introduction to the entanglements of water, salt, power, and capital in the emergence of an alleged environmentally friendly and cornucopian solution to increasing water scarcit...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Water-Sustainable City
David L. Feldman
‘As the world’s cities increasingly face problems of water shortages and degradation of water quality, a new approach is desperately needed. This book sets out a radically different vision for urban water management, but one that is foun...eBook:Find out more$35.20
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Water Resource Management and the Law
Edited by Erkki J. Hollo
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, o...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Water Economics
Edited by Ariel Dinar, Kurt Schwabe
‘The Handbook of Water Economics provides a comprehensive treatment of the economics of water. Compiling contributions from over 40 water economists, the book encompasses a breadth of topics ranging from theoretical frameworks to meth...eBook:Find out more$62.40
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Handbook on the Economics and Management of Sustainable Oceans
Edited by Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Lisa E. Svensson, Anil Markandya
‘This important new book reveals the complex issues facing the planet’s oceans: a vital global commons. The detailed description of practical policy tools and innovative solutions should be recommended reading for anyone working on the h...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Water Allocation in Rivers under Pressure
Dustin Evan Garrick
‘This is an excellent book, filled with thoughtful analysis of the challenges and possibilities for sustainable river basin management and illustrated with vitally important cases from which we all can learn. Dustin Garrick weaves histor...eBook:Find out more$35.20
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Water and the Law
Edited by Michael Kidd, Loretta Feris, Tumai Murombo, Alejandro Iza
Water and the Law examines the critical relationship between law and the management of water resources in the context of ensuring environmental sustainability. It highlights the central importance of integrated water resources management...eBook:Find out more$48.76
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Wine and Economics
Denton Marks
‘Denton Marks uses economic analysis, in plain and simple language, to demystify the wine world and to enrich our understanding of it. This remarkable book could well serve as an introduction to the wine industry for economists or as an ...eBook:Find out more$40.00