Regulatory Frameworks for Water Resources Management: A Comparative StudyWorld Bank Publications, 2006 M01 1 - 198 pages This title examines how regulatory frameworks have addressed the various basic issues related to water resources management, and provides a comparative analysis of those issues. It elicits and discusses what it considers are the essential elements for a regulatory framework for water resources management, and identifies some emerging trends. |
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Page viii
... Sector Participation 157 4.10 The Right to Water 158 4.11 Enforcement of the Regulations 160 4.12 Dispute Settlement 161 Chapter 5 Conclusion 163 Appendix I The Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development 169 Appendix II The ...
... Sector Participation 157 4.10 The Right to Water 158 4.11 Enforcement of the Regulations 160 4.12 Dispute Settlement 161 Chapter 5 Conclusion 163 Appendix I The Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development 169 Appendix II The ...
Page ix
... sector urged the states, inter alia, to adopt water legislation. They call for water legislation that lays down clear and comprehensive rules but that is sufficiently flexible to accommodate future challenges and changes in priorities ...
... sector urged the states, inter alia, to adopt water legislation. They call for water legislation that lays down clear and comprehensive rules but that is sufficiently flexible to accommodate future challenges and changes in priorities ...
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... sector. Some countries that already have water legislation in place are realizing that there are major shortcomings with such legislation. The United Nations Water Conference that was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 1977 noted such ...
... sector. Some countries that already have water legislation in place are realizing that there are major shortcomings with such legislation. The United Nations Water Conference that was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 1977 noted such ...
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... sectors of water use, including provision of safe water supply and waste disposal facilities; provision for agriculture, stock-raising, and industrial needs; transport by water; and development of hydropower in such a way as to be ...
... sectors of water use, including provision of safe water supply and waste disposal facilities; provision for agriculture, stock-raising, and industrial needs; transport by water; and development of hydropower in such a way as to be ...
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... sector, states that the Bank assists its borrowers in “establishing strong legal and regulatory frameworks to ensure that social concerns are met, environmental resources are protected, and monopoly pricing is prevented. The Bank ...
... sector, states that the Bank assists its borrowers in “establishing strong legal and regulatory frameworks to ensure that social concerns are met, environmental resources are protected, and monopoly pricing is prevented. The Bank ...
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Page 169 - Statement to the world leaders assembled at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992...
Page 150 - In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.
Page 151 - National authorities should endeavour to promote the internalization of environmental costs and the use of economic instruments, taking into account the approach that the polluter should, in principle, bear the cost of pollution, with due regard to the public interest and without distorting 42 international trade and investment.
Page 6 - Water development and management should be based on a participatory approach, involving users, planners and policy-makers at all levels.
Page 3 - The natural resources of the earth including the air, water, land, flora and fauna and especially representative samples of natural ecosystems must be safeguarded for the benefit of present and future generations through careful planning or management, as appropriate.
Page 50 - Directive of 4 May 1976 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community (76/464/EEC) (OJ No L 129, 18.5.1976, p.
Page 1 - Water, that is to say, water supplies, irrigation and canals, drainage and embankments, water storage and water power subject to the provisions of entry 56 of List I.
Page 142 - Environmental issues are best handled with the participation of all concerned citizens, at the relevant level.
Page 1 - Regulation and Development of inter-State rivers and river valleys to the extent to which such regulation and development under the control of the Union is declared by Parliament by law to be expedient in the public interest.
Page 171 - Past failure to recognize the economic value of water has led to wasteful and environmentally damaging uses of the resource. Managing water as an economic good is an important way of achieving efficient and equitable use, and of encouraging conservation and protection of water resources.