International Water Law And The Quest For Common Security (earthscan Studies In Water Resource Management)
by Bjørn-Oliver Magsig /
2015 / English / PDF
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The world’s freshwater supplies are increasingly threatened
by rapidly increasing demand and the impacts of global climate
change, but current approaches to transboundary water
management are unsustainable and may threaten future global
stability and international security. The absence of law in
attempts to address this issue highlights the necessity for
further understanding from the legal perspective.
The world’s freshwater supplies are increasingly threatened
by rapidly increasing demand and the impacts of global climate
change, but current approaches to transboundary water
management are unsustainable and may threaten future global
stability and international security. The absence of law in
attempts to address this issue highlights the necessity for
further understanding from the legal perspective.
This book provides a fresh conceptualisation of water security,
developing an operational methodology for identifying the four
core elements of water security which must be addressed by
international law: availability; access; adaptability; and ambit.
The analysis of the legal framework of transboundary freshwater
management based on this contemporary understanding of water
security reveals the challenges and shortcomings of the current
legal regime. In order to address these shortcomings, the present
mindset of prevailing rigidity and state-centrism is challenged
by examining how international legal instruments could be crafted
to advance a more flexible and common approach towards
transboundary water interaction.
This book provides a fresh conceptualisation of water security,
developing an operational methodology for identifying the four
core elements of water security which must be addressed by
international law: availability; access; adaptability; and ambit.
The analysis of the legal framework of transboundary freshwater
management based on this contemporary understanding of water
security reveals the challenges and shortcomings of the current
legal regime. In order to address these shortcomings, the present
mindset of prevailing rigidity and state-centrism is challenged
by examining how international legal instruments could be crafted
to advance a more flexible and common approach towards
transboundary water interaction.
The concept of considering water security as a matter of
‘regional common concern’ is introduced to help international law
play a more prominent role in addressing the challenges of global
water insecurity. Ways for implementing such an approach are
proposed and analysed by looking at international hydropolitics
in Himalayan Asia. The book analyses transboundary water
interaction as a ‘case study’ for advancing public international
law in order to fulfil its responsibility of promoting
international peace and security.
The concept of considering water security as a matter of
‘regional common concern’ is introduced to help international law
play a more prominent role in addressing the challenges of global
water insecurity. Ways for implementing such an approach are
proposed and analysed by looking at international hydropolitics
in Himalayan Asia. The book analyses transboundary water
interaction as a ‘case study’ for advancing public international
law in order to fulfil its responsibility of promoting
international peace and security.