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BL
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984844
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b739214
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Water as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa /\ edited by Asit K. Biswas, Eglal Rached and Cecilia Tortajada.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Routledge,, 2008.
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| Series Statement
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Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (ix, 191 pages)
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| ISBN
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1552503801
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: 9781552503805
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0415445841
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0415461359
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1315879328
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9780415445849
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9780415461351
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9781315879321
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Water as a human right in the MENA region : challenges and opportunities / Asit K. Biswas -- 2. Human rights to water in North Africa and the Middle East : what is new and what is not ; what is important and what is not / David B. Brooks -- 3. Right to water : the millennium development goals and water in the MENA region / Olli Varis -- 4. The right to water / Antonio Embid Irujo -- 5. Water as a human right : the Palestinian occupied territories as an example / Abdallah Abu-Eid -- 6. Water as a human right : the understanding of water rights in Palestine / Simone Klawitter -- 7. Water as a human right : towards civil society globalization / Odeh Al Jayyousi -- 8. Actualizing the right to water : an Egyptian perspective for an action plan / Shaden Abdel-Gawad -- 9. Accountability and rights in right-based approaches for local water governance / Peter Laban -- 10. Towards a human rights approach to water in Lebanon : implementation beyond 'reform' / Karim Makdisi.
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| Abstract
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Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is essential for human survival and for maintenance of a decent quality of life. Currently, more than a billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and more than 2 billion people lack proper sanitation. In 1992, the United Nations proclaimed that water should be considered to be a human right. This position, however, has not been accepted by many developed and developing countries. This book systematically and comprehensively analyses the legal development of the concept of water as a human right:. Implications for national gover.
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Human rights-- Africa, North.
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Human rights-- Middle East.
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Water rights-- Africa, North.
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Water rights-- Middle East.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Real Estate-- General.
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Human rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Human Rights.
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Water rights.
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Middle East.
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North Africa.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.9100956
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341.483
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| LC Classification
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HD1698.M53W382 2008eb
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Biswas, Asit K.
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Rached, Eglal.
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Tortajada, Cecilia.
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