Water Law

Edited by Joseph W. Dellapenna, Visiting Professor of Law, Peking University Transnational School of Law, China, Director of the Model Water Code Project of the American Society of Civil Engineers, US and Rapporteur of the Berlin Rules on Water Resources and Joyeeta Gupta, Professor of Environment and Development in the Global South, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam and Professor of Law and Policy in Water Resources and Environment, IHE-Delft Institute for Water Education, the Netherlands

‘This encyclopedia is a landmark reference work that systematically and comprehensively discusses complex topics in the dynamic field of water law.’

• Contents:Foreword to the Encyclopedia xivJamie Benidickson and Yves Le BouthillierForeword to Volume X xvMichael FaureIntroduction to Volume X 1Joseph W Dellapenna and Joyeeta GuptaPART 1 PERVASIVE ISSUESX.1 The expanding boundaries of water law 9Joyeeta Gupta and Joseph W DellapennaX.2 A note on law in general and international law in particular 20Joseph W DellapennaX.3 Water governance and politics 33Erick Velázquez Hernández, Dave Huitema and Jampel Dell’AngeloX.4 Water and security 44Rhett B LarsonX.5 The UN contribution to water law, environment, climate disruption, andthe Sustainable Development Goals 55Joyeeta Gupta and Hilmer J BoschX.6 The water-energy nexus 72Lee GoddenX.7 Fundamental concepts of property in water and the role of markets inwater governance 86Joseph W DellapennaX.8 Aquatic boundaries 104Joseph W DellapennaPART 2 INTERNATIONAL WATER LAWX.9 The continuing evolution of international water law 123Owen McIntyreX.10 Groundwater in international law 142Kirstin Conti and Joyeeta GuptaX.11 International litigation and arbitration over water disputes 156Farnaz Shirani BidabadiX.12 The human rights to water and sanitation 166Daphina Misiedjan and Pedi ObaniX.13 River basin organizations 177David J DevlaeminckX.14 How international water law connects to environmental law and humanrights 190Ellen Hey and Alberto QuintavallaX.15 Advancing water law through rights of nature 203Julia Talbot-JonesX.16 Sustainability and international water law 214Otto SpijkersX.17 Providing for future generations 225Lydia SlobodianPART 3 REGIONAL WATER LAWX.18 Europe 239Marleen van RijswickX.19 The Mekong River Basin 255Susanne SchmeierX.20 Southern Africa 270Michael KiddX.21 Central Asia 283Barbara Janusz-PawlettaPART 4 NATIONAL WATER LAWX.22 Water jurisdiction: on federalism, river basins, metropolises, andcommunities 301Francine van den Brandeler and Filippo Maria LancieriX.23 Changing ‘ownership’ in water law: comparative experiences in thedeveloping world 315Joyeeta Gupta and Hilmer J BoschX.24 Groundwater law at the domestic level 329Gabriela Cuadrado-Quesada and Joyeeta GuptaX.25 The Arab countries of the Middle East 341Léna Salamé and Raya Marina StephanX.26 Reforming legal frameworks for water management in Central Asia 354Jenniver Sehring, Aminjon Abdulloev, Nataliya Chemayeva, BotirIsmailov, Nargiza Osmonova and Botagoz SharipovaX.27 China: water law in transition 367Libin ZhangX.28 Brazil: evolution of water and sanitation law and challenges for inclusiveservices 377Raquel dos Santos and Klaas SchwartzPART 5 WATER LAW AND BROADER ISSUESX.29 Water law and development 391Philippe CulletX.30 Legal frameworks and water services 402Klaas Schwartz and Mireia TutusausX.31 Indigenous rights to water 413Barbara CosensX.32 Large-scale water infrastructure, territorial transformation and waterrights dispossession 425Rutgerd BoelensX.33 Water law and disaster: floods and droughts 438Margot A HurlbertX.34 Water and mining 451Mirja Schoderer, Jampel Dell’Angelo and Dave HuitemaX.35 Coastal zones 466Ryan B StoaPART 6 CONCLUSIONSX.36 Water law: its role, shortcomings, and potential 485Joseph W Dellapenna and Joyeeta GuptaIndex 499