Charting the water regulatory future : issues, challenges and directions / edited by Julien Chaisse.

Publisher's description: This book is about the issues, challenges and directions currently faced by water as a key resource for mankind. The book aims at providing a finer understanding of the water regulatory future. The contributions in this book are grouped around specific themes. In Part I...

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Other Authors: Chaisse, Julien (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2017]
Series:New horizons in environmental and energy law.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Ben Boer
  • Promoting global water-use efficiency : promises and shortcomings of international trade rules / Manzoor Ahmad
  • The trade in water services : how does GATS apply to the water and sanitation services sector? / Rebecca Bates
  • Virtual water : a global economic solution to a local environmental and political problem? / Paolo Turrini
  • Foreign investment in water : privatization, globalization and the law / Julien Chaisse
  • The right of the host state to regulate water services / Catharine Titi
  • Regulation and protection of water in international law : terrestrial and marine perspectives / Virginie J.M. Tassin
  • Is investment arbitration inimical to the human right to water? : the re-examination of arbitral decisions on water services / Miharu Hirano, Shotaro Hamamoto
  • The provision and violation of water rights (the case of Pakistan) : a human rights based approach / Sikander Ahmed Shah
  • The human right to clean water and sanitation : a perspective from Nigeria / Cosmas Emeziem
  • Troubled waters : impact of the private sector in implementing the right to water / Preetha Mahadevan
  • Sanitation rights, public law litigation and inequality : a case study from Brazil / Ana Paula de Barcellos
  • Demand for infrastructure investment for water services : key features and assessment methods / Sacchidananda Mukherjee, Debashis Chakraborty
  • Residential water charges in Ireland : policy objectives and funding models / Thomas McDonnell
  • The role of multinationals in providing water services : are they more efficient? / Tihomir Ancev, Samad Azad, Frances Hernandez-Sancho
  • Microfinance in water and sanitation services : identifying best practices / Jonatan A. Lassa, Allen Yu-Hung Lai.