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Water as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa /

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 proc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Biswas, Asit K., Rached, Eglal, Tortajada, Cecilia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2008.
Colección:Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.