Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International LawRoutledge, 2016 M05 13 - 448 pages McIntyre's work explains the legal means by which requirements of environmental protection influence the determination of a reasonable and equitable regime for allocating rights to riparian states to utilize shared freshwater resources. The work examines the means and processes by which environmental considerations can act upon the operation of the principle of equitable utilization. The volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the subject, outlining the development, scope and operation in general and customary international law of key rules of environmental protection. |
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... international water law, and of the principle of equitable utilization in particular. As equitable utilization can largely be seen as a process for balancing various factors or considerations, emerging procedural rules of customary and ...
... international water law, and of the principle of equitable utilization in particular. As equitable utilization can largely be seen as a process for balancing various factors or considerations, emerging procedural rules of customary and ...
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... water storage dams have been found in Jordan, Egypt and other parts of the Middle East which date back to at least 3000 B.C.4 The only means of acquiring additional water for the expansion of irrigation was by agreement between ...
... water storage dams have been found in Jordan, Egypt and other parts of the Middle East which date back to at least 3000 B.C.4 The only means of acquiring additional water for the expansion of irrigation was by agreement between ...
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... International Water Systems in the Twentieth Century' (1996) 36 Natural Resources Journal, 151, at 153–4, citing United Nations Population Division, Sustaining Water: An Update 4 (1955) (low estimates). 8 ibid. 9 ibid. Only 2.59 per ...
... International Water Systems in the Twentieth Century' (1996) 36 Natural Resources Journal, 151, at 153–4, citing United Nations Population Division, Sustaining Water: An Update 4 (1955) (low estimates). 8 ibid. 9 ibid. Only 2.59 per ...
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... water utilization. Taking dams alone, the WCD reports that there are over 45,000 dams in over 150 countries15 and that there are some 160 to 320 new large dams constructed each year, representing an estimated annual investment of US$32 ...
... water utilization. Taking dams alone, the WCD reports that there are over 45,000 dams in over 150 countries15 and that there are some 160 to 320 new large dams constructed each year, representing an estimated annual investment of US$32 ...
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... water, that is, the quantity of water which each State may extract), or the allocation and permissibility of uses of shared water resources. Secondly, until relatively recently there had been little proven substantive general international ...
... water, that is, the quantity of water which each State may extract), or the allocation and permissibility of uses of shared water resources. Secondly, until relatively recently there had been little proven substantive general international ...
Contents
The Principle of Equitable Utilization | |
The Rule on Prevention of Significant Harm | |
Equity and the Utilization of Shared Natural Resources | |
Factors Relating to the Equitable Utilization of International Watercourses | |
Substantive | |
Rules of Customary and General International | |
Environmental Protection as a Factor in Determining | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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