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Journal articles on the topic "Water resources development Law and legislation Victoria"
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Muronenko, Ihor. "The Legal Regulation of Neighbourly Water use in Ukraine: Development Prospects." Journal of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University 5, no. 2 (August 23, 2018): 130–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.15330/jpnu.5.2.130-136.
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The article is devoted to some questions of the legal adjusting of neighbourliness relations. Neighbourly water use should be defined as the use of water resources aimed at meeting the needs of owners or tenants of neighbouring land parcels. The regulation of neighbourly water use has historically been an inseparable part of neighbour law. Regulations of this kind were contained in many historically significant Ukrainian legal documents, including “The Statutes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania”. Currently, the regulation of the use of water resources mainly comes under the sphere of public law. Consequently, the current Land Code of Ukraine does not contain regulations of this kind. Nevertheless, a study of international legislation and regulation policies on neighbourly relations emphasizes the necessity to legislate on the private aspects of neighbourly water use. The findings of the study has made it possible to formulate the proposals aimed at improving the current legislation on this issue.
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Smith, Claire, Ross Fairley, Henry van Geen, Marcus Hoedl-Adick, Gauthier van Thuyne, and Debby de Roover. "Riding the New Wave of European Water Law: How Member States are Tackling the Water Framework Directive." European Energy and Environmental Law Review 11, Issue 8/9 (August 1, 2002): 232–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/5100865.
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The Water Framework Directive (WFD) has been heralded as the most significant piece of water legislation to come out of the European Union (“EU”) in the last 20 years and looks set to overhaul the way in which Member States will manage their water resources in the future. This article examines the key objectives of the WFD and gives a comparative overview of how England & Wales, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium are proposing to implement it.
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Buribayev, Yermek, Zhanna Khamzina, Bolat Zhumagulov, Baurzhan Zhangutin, and Sabit Daubassov. "Problems of Environmental Law: Possibilities for Legislative Changes." Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska 23 (2021): 224–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.54740/ros.2021.015.
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Kazakhstan is a country experiencing tangible environmental problems. Currently, it faces numerous environmental problems such as air pollution, water pollution, exploitation of natural resources, negative consequences of mining, etc. In order to cope with environmental problems, a number of legislative acts have been enacted: the Environmental Code, the Water Code, the Forestry Code, a number of laws and government decrees that provide a legal basis for sustainable development. But, unfortunately, these laws and policies were not properly implemented due to issues such as inconsistency, weak enforcement, the presence of internal contradictions, gaps, and discrepancies, etc. As a result, the current legislation in the field of environmental protection does not meet the development objectives of our country, its lack of transparency hinders the development of the economy, and indistinctness reduces the competitiveness of domestic producers in the world market and the volume of investments attracted to the economy. Many aspects of the state's environmental activities remain unregulated from a legal point of view, which, on the one hand, leads to a deterioration in the quality of the environment and the plunder of natural resources, and on the other hand, creates conditions for the development of corruption. This study proposes individual solutions to problems in the environmental sphere by creating new legal norms, as well as eliminating contradictions between existing regulatory legal acts, systematizing legislation and establishing a unified practice of applying norms. It is concluded that the implementation of environmental human rights depends on the quality of regulatory legal acts and their effective application.
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van de Loo, Elsa. "Influence of privatization of water delivery on access to the right to water in Kenya." Water Policy 13, no. 2 (December 22, 2010): 208–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2010.071.
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This article analyses the influence of privatization of water resources on access to the right to water in Kenya. It is premised on the belief that water is a fundamental human right and must not be seen as a social or economic good. Attention will be given to national-, regional- and international legislation and proposals on the right to water, water as a human right and the privatization of water resources. This article is based on literature study and interviews.
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Jurdi, Mey, Mohamed J. Abdulrazzak, and Shiraz Basma. "The introduction of water resources management programs in Western Asia." Water Policy 5, no. 3 (June 1, 2003): 257–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2003.0015.
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This paper emphasizes the importance of developing and implementing integrated water resource management programs in the Western Asia region. As such, the status of water resources management programs is assessed in reference to the integrative components of water policies and strategies, water legislation and enforcement, water institution framework, and water resource assessment and capacity building. Besides, recommendations relative to the hereby indicated integrative components are proposed where applicable. Development and implementation of an integrated water resources management program is essential for the region to overcome existing programs that are mainly oriented towards demand management and exploitation of groundwater reserves. Such programs would be directed to satisfy national freshwater needs for development and to promote water as an integrated component of social and economic goals as well as ecosystem management.
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Alansari, Ekhlas Nasraldeen, and Ahmed Yousif Alomary. "Urban Landscape Design for Riverfronts in Iraqi Cities a Comparative Study Between Local and Regional Legislation." International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 17, no. 7 (November 30, 2022): 2327–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.18280/ijsdp.170734.
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Iraq has multiple water resources, so it urgently needs legislation to develop its river bank and benefit from its water resources. The purpose of this study is to investigate the shortcomings in the lack of development of the urban landscape of riverfronts in Iraqi cities by reviewing the legislative aspect of the laws regulating them, which are supposed to improve the quality of life for its citizens and achieve better environmental, social, economic and urban exploitation. This research was carried out using a qualitative approach, by analyzing the content of legislation and guidelines for urban landscapes for waterfronts in regional countries, finding urban design principles in them, and comparing them with the current Iraqi laws through the checklist. The results show that there are shortcomings in the Iraqi legislation for riverfronts and that it does not keep pace with the changes taking place in the world. The results were used to present proposals for the development of urban landscape legislation for the riverfront in Iraqi cities, in line with their social, economic and environmental conditions.
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Ziganshina, Dinara. "Water Law Reforms in Central Asian Countries: Recent Trends and Developments." Chinese Journal of Environmental Law 6, no. 2 (December 7, 2022): 295–322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24686042-12340089.
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Abstract Sound policies and enforceable water legislation are key to transforming water management under the increasing water demand and climate change. In recent years, diverse water regulatory frameworks have evolved in the Central Asian countries to regulate the management and development of water resources and the provision of water services. This paper provides an overview of the Central Asian countries’ water legislation with focus on water management institutions at national, basin and local levels, introduction of economic mechanisms in water use and management as well as provisions related to human right to water and the environmental protection. Based on the resultant insights, the paper identifies five recent trends and areas for further improvement, including the need to (1) strengthen water regulatory frameworks as a part and parcel of the overall political and economic transformations in the countries; (2) reform water institutions with a clear focus on the sector performance and foster coordination between different stakeholders; (3) enable context-specific arrangements for workable basin and local water management; (4) address the issues of human and environmental needs on water, which are becoming increasingly important under the impact of climate change, industrialization, and urbanization; and (5) expand the effectiveness of economic mechanisms in water use and regulation to ensure cost recovery and investment flow into the sector.
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Stojkovic Zlatanovic, Sanja, Milan Stojkovic, and Mihailo Mitkovic. "Current state and perspective of water management policy in terms of climate change." International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 10, no. 5 (November 19, 2018): 796–811. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-07-2017-0151.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to set out the policy guidelines and recommendations to harmonise the Serbian water legislation with European Union standards in the area of water system management as impacted by climate change. Design/methodology/approach The EU Water Framework Directive is analysed in the context of implementation of the integrated water management policy presented in the Serbian Water Law (2010), as well as the National Water Management Strategy (2016). It has been found that the water management legislation that deals with the impact of climate change on water resources is incomplete. Although there are numerous challenges related to research of climate change and water systems, water policy and legal aspects cannot be neglected. The so-called soft law instruments represented in a form of strategy documents could be a valuable response in terms of an adaptive and integrated water policy approach. Findings The research is applied to a case study of the Velika Morava River Basin, at Ljubicevski Most hydrological station. Long-term projections suggest a decrease in annual precipitation levels and annual flows up to the year 2100 for climatic scenarios A1B and A2, accompanied by a rapid increase in air temperatures. Originality/value This study proposes a water management policy and provides recommendations for the Velika Morava River Basin as impacted by climate change, according to the European Union legislation.
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Nykolaishen, Sarah, and Nigel Bankes. "Sacrificing Fish for Power: A Legal History of the Spray Lakes Development." Alberta Law Review 50, no. 1 (August 1, 2012): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/alr266.
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This article tells the story of how Calgary Power acquired a legal licence to divert and store water in the Spray Lakes Reservoir, how multiple legal instruments, including the National Parks Act, Alberta’s Water Resources Act, and the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement were shaped along the way, as well as details the subsequent efforts that have been made to restore stream flows to the Spray River and rehabilitate its native cutthroat trout population. This article highlights many of the challenges that older hydro-developments pose to aquatic ecosystem health and instream flow needs, while demonstrating that the law can be shaped in interesting ways through the dual pressure of economic growth and environmentalism. This story offers food for thought as Canadian environmental legislation appears poised to undergo significant change.
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Heyns, Piet. "Water institutional reforms in Namibia." Water Policy 7, no. 1 (February 1, 2005): 89–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2005.0006.
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After years of colonial rule and a long struggle to end external administration, Namibia became independent in 1990. The realization of political reform within a modern democratic framework has called for wide-ranging reforms in all sectors of the economy to which the water sector is not an exception. Institutional reforms in the water sector were undertaken with an overall aim of introducing integrated water resources management as a durable solution to the water challenges of the arid environment prevailing in Namibia. The reforms included the development of a new national water policy, the preparation of draft legislation, and new organizational changes to develop, manage and regulate activities in the water sector. Although institutional reforms in the water sector are necessary to meet the demands of a new nation, they cannot succeed without the required level of skill and capacity both within and outside water administration. While it is relatively easier to formulate new policies, promulgate legislation and create new organizations, it is very difficult for an emerging country to develop quickly the human capacity necessary to handle the reforms, especially when inadequate funding constraints create a conflict between resource development and capacity building.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Water resources development Law and legislation Victoria"
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Espada, Gildo Manuel. "International law on water transfers." Thesis, University of Macau, 2007. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1880344.
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Shi, Feng. "Principles of European Union water law." Thesis, University of Macau, 2007. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1944040.
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Nleya, Ndodana. "Institutional overlaps in water management in the Eerste River Catchment." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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In this minithesis I have investigated overlapping mandates as a source of management failure in water management in South Africa in general and Eerste River Catchment in particular. I analysed major legislation which deals with water management to find out how duties and responsibilities are apportioned in the various pieces of legislation. I also undertook an exercise of evaluating roles and responsibilities played by various organs of state in water management from national government, Provincial Government of the Western Cape through to local government, in this case the Municipality of Stellenbosch and the City of Cape Town. It emerged that there were a number of areas of overlap, ambiguously defined mandates, conflict and that these were impeding on decision making in water management. In order to test the framework built above, I then applied it in the Plankenbrug River, a tributary of the Eerste River. Through analysis of newspaper clippings over a period of 4 years I was able to reconstruct conflict over ill-defined mandates in the various aspects of the management of the catchment which showed thatthere were differences in roles of the different state organs operating in the catchment. Water management conflict emanated from lack of congruence in the various legislation and differences in the interpretation of legislation. The various state organs seem to be aware of the constitutional duty of cooperative government that engenders state organs to work co-operatively in order to meet their developmental mandates. It seems however that the state organs were merely interested to be seen to be in conformity with this duty more than actually solving the issue as this was seen as something to be tackled at a higher level.
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Esteves, Cristina Campos 1976. "O regime jurídico das águas minerais na Constituição de 1988." [s.n.], 2012. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/286755.
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Resumo: Na atualidade, a regulamentação jurídica das águas minerais no Brasil é realizada pelas normas do Código de Águas Minerais - Decreto-lei nº 7.841, de 8 de agosto de 1945 - que expressamente submete a gestão destas águas ao Código de Mineração - Decreto-lei nº 227, de 28 de fevereiro de 1967. Para a lei vigente, as águas minerais são preponderantemente consideradas um recurso mineral que produz efeitos medicamentosos nos termos do conceito objeto do art.1º do Código de Águas Minerais. O conceito aludido tem origem histórica e foi positivado no Brasil com fundamento na ciência da Crenologia segundo o modelo europeu vigente à época. Todavia, com o advento da Constituição da República de 1988, o conceito em vigência do que seja água mineral e seu regime jurídico deixaram de ser recepcionados. A nova ordem constitucional atribuiu a toda água a natureza jurídica de bem de uso comum do povo, determinando sua inclusão na Política Nacional de Recursos Hídricos e gestão por meio do Sistema Nacional de Recursos Hídricos. A alteração do paradigma é sustentada pelas mudanças perpetradas na realidade. Sabe-se atualmente que todas as águas hão de ser compreendidas como parte de um único todo em razão dos mecanismos do ciclo hidrológico. Assim, a gestão das águas, da mesma forma, há de ser objeto de um sistema único em razão da necessidade premente de conhecermos os reais volumes explotados deste recurso indispensável à vida humana como forma de materialização de uma gestão responsiva e sustentável que assegure a existência das futuras gerações. Historicamente as águas minerais deixaram de ser usadas como medicamentos em razão do desenvolvimento da farmacologia. Nos dias atuais o crescimento da demanda por água mineral guarda relação com o aumento da população indicando a preponderância do uso alimentício deste recurso que hoje é objeto de múltiplos usos. Nesse contexto, a água mineral não há de fazer jus a gestão que a separe das demais águas, devendo ser compreendida como recurso ambiental multifuncional de uso comum de todos
Abstract: Nowadays, the legal regulation of mineral water in Brazil is carried out by the rules of the of Mineral Waters Code - Decree-Law No. 7841 of August 8, 1945 - which expressly submits the management of these waters to the Mining Code - Decree-Law No. 227 of February 28, 1967. Under current law, mineral waters are mainly considered a mineral resource that produces pharmacological effects in terms of the concept objectified in art. 1st of the Mineral Waters Code. The aforementioned concept has historical origin and was embodied in law in Brazil based on mineral waters science and according to the European model prevailing at the time. Nevertheless, with the arrival of the 1988 Constitution, the once prevailing concept of what was considered mineral water and its legal status were no longer approved. The new constitutional order conveyed to all water the legal nature of asset for the common use of the people, determining its inclusion in the National Water Resources Policy and its management through the National System of Water Resources. The paradigm shift is supported by the changes enacted in reality. It is now known that all waters are to be understood as part of a single whole because the mechanisms of the hydrological cycle. Thus, water management, likewise, is subject to a single system because of the pressing need to know the actual explored volumes of this resource so essential to human life as a form of materialization of a responsive and sustainable management that assures existence to future generations Historically mineral waters stopped being used as drugs due to the development of pharmacology. Currently the growing demand for bottled water is related to population growth indicating the preponderance of the feeding use of water that today is subject to multiple uses. In this context, mineral water is not to follow the management that separates it from other waters, unless it is included within the National System of Water Resources Management - SNGRH object of the National Policy of Water Resources provided by the 1988 Constitution. In this context, mineral water is not to follow the management that separates it from other waters, it should be understood as a multifunctional environmental resource for the common use of all
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Clifford-Holmes, Jai Kumar. "Fire and water : a transdisciplinary investigation of water governance in the lower Sundays River Valley, South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017870.
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The implementation of water policy and the integrated management of water face multiple challenges in South Africa (SA), despite the successes of post-apartheid government programmes in which some significant equity, sustainability and efficiency milestones have been met. This study uses a series of intervention processes into municipal water service delivery to explore the context, constraints, and real-world messiness in which local water authorities operate. The equitable provision of drinking water by local government and the collaborative management of untreated water by ‘water user associations’ are two sites of institutional conflict that have been subjected to broad ‘turnaround’ and ‘transformation’ attempts at the national level. This thesis seeks to explore and understand the use of transdisciplinary research in engaging local water authorities in a process of institutional change that increases the likelihood of equitable water supply in the Lower Sundays River Valley (LSRV). Fieldwork was conducted as part of a broader action research process involving the attempted ‘turnaround’ of the Sundays River Valley Municipality (SRVM) between 2011 and 2014. A multi-method research approach was employed, which drew on institutional, ethnographic, and systems analyses within an evolving, transdisciplinary methodology. In the single case study research design, qualitative and quantitative data were collected via participant observation, interviews and documentary sources. Analytical methods included system dynamics modelling and an adapted form of the ethnographic tool of ‘thick description’, which were linked in a governance analysis. Government interventions into the SRVM failed to take account of the systemic complexity of the municipal operating environment, the interactions of which are described in this study as the ‘modes of failure’ of local government. These modes included the perpetual ‘firefighting’ responses of municipal officials to crises, and the simultaneous underinvestment in, and over-extension of, water supply infrastructure, which is a rational approach to addressing current water shortages when funds are unavailable for maintenance, refurbishment, or the construction of new infrastructure. The over-burdening of municipalities with technocratic requirements, the presence of gaps in the institutional arrangements governing water supply in the LSRV, and the lack of coordination in government interventions are analysed in this study, with policy recommendations resulting. The primary contribution of this study is in providing a substantively-contextualised case study that illustrates the value of systemic, engaged, extended, and embedded transdisciplinary research.
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Mauck, Gareth Edward. "The inclusion and implementation of integrated water resources management under South African water law and policy." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9167.
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South Africa is a dry, water-stressed country which faces many water management
challenges. Some of these challenges are unique to South African freshwater resources
management while others are conventional water management problems. In light of these
water management problems it is important that South Africa manages its scarce water
resources effectively and efficiently. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is
regarded internationally as the best way to manage freshwater resources as it provides for the
holistic management of land and water while taking into account various other factors such as
sustainable development. Although there have been some difficulties in finding international
consensus on the precise meaning of IWRM there are a number of defining aspects which are
common place in the development of this concept. From an analysis of environmental law
and policy relating to freshwater resources it is clear that South Africa has included many of
these aspects of IWRM into its own freshwater resources management. In fact there are few
short comings in the provision for IWRM under South African law and policy. South Africa’s
problems, however, lie in the implementation of its provision for IWRM. By looking at
various reports, statistics, strategies, commentaries and other documents relating to the status
of freshwater resources it becomes clear that although progress has been made in realising
implementation of South Africa’s water law since 1994 there are still many core areas of
freshwater management which are far from being implemented. If South Africa is to achieve
true IWRM it will need to address its implementation short comings.Thesis (LL.M.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2012.
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Berjak, Leonie Karen. "Water resource management in South Africa." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5645.
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South Africa is a semi-arid country virtually surrounded by water, yet fresh water is a scarce commodity and much of the population is currently without potable water. Water is the essence of life and a renewable resource that changes through the hydrological cycle. The 1996 Constitution produced a new
framework for water legislation in South Africa, culminating in National Water Act, 1998 and the Water Services Act, 1997. This study assesses the change in the approach to water resource management brought about by these Acts. In addition, the Water Research Act, 1971 was reviewed. This legislation introduces an holistic approach of integrated water resource management that
recognises mutual dependence of water and land management at local catchment level to ensure sustainability. Water is also no longer divided between private and public sectors, but is deemed to be a national resource under the trusteeship of the State for the benefit of present and future users to ensure the Constitutional right of access to sufficient water. Additional important features include: recognition of the hydrological cycle; the concept of a Reserve; change of institutional responsibility from national to catchment management with associated cooperative governance and public participation; receiving water quality objectives of the individual resource; and demand management approach to water supply. Implementation of this approach is through a two-tier strategy, namely a national water research strategy and catchment management strategies for each defined water management area, that will link to the water services development plans. The national strategy filters fundamental principles to each catchment strategy, focusing on the water resource as well as potential pollution sources. In turn, each catchment strategy will provide information for input into the national strategy and water resource information system. The water services development plan will provide data for the water services and water resources national information systems, as well as the catchment strategy. However, the National Government policy of providing basic water services free may hinder the financial sustainability in
effectively providing this function. These strategies and plans are part of a planning process that requires review and progressive improvement and change according to the changing needs of both the resource and society. The institutions responsible for driving this process are the catchment management agency for the catchment strategy and the water services authority for the water services development. Overall the approach to water resource management in South Africa is based on classification of river systems; determination of the reserve; international obligations; and equitable and
sustainable allocation of the remaining resource through licensing and registration. Although integration and sustainability are complex issues, the Acts provide a competent framework for the link between water resources protection and water services provision. Success and sustainability of
water resources management in South Africa is dependent on cooperative governance, integration of environmental factors, public participation and education, administrative compliance and financial capacity.Thesis (LL.M.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2003.
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Viljoen, Salome. "The management of international watercourse systems as reflected by international law and in view of the Southern African Development Community." Diss., 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17813.
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International water law has been unable to translate its principles into effective institutions
for the management of shared water resources. National interest has often override any
real commitment to the principles of international water law as reflected by the draft
Articles of the ILC. Based on the theory of sovereignty, it emphasises a discretionary
power to co-operate. However, the community of interest's theory is rather recommended
as basis for co-operation. The draft Articles does not take sufficient account of the role
domestic water policies, international relations and economics play in the co-operation of
states. An integrated approach that considers social and economic effects within an
environmental context is proposetL The political economy of water includes the potential
of 'virtual water' through the importation of staple grains. A holistic approach, taking
global trade in agriculture into account, is recommended. The SADC countries should
also consider the potential of regional trade in 'virtual water'.Law
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Thobejane, Matsebe Jerry. "Evaluation of the role of stakeholders in the development of the Water Resource Classification System policy." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11016.
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M.A. (Public Management and Governance)“Water will be the scarce resources in the 21st century.” This vision was brought to the South African Government’s attention after the Water Research Commission (WRC) conducted extensive research as illustrated in the WRC’s Annual report for 2007/8. According to the WRC, the research aimed to enlighten decision and policy makers to take precautionary measures that will help guarantee that water resources are “protected, used, developed, conserved, and managed in a sustainable manner”. Hence, the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) has started developing the Water Resource Classification System to mitigate the anticipated challenge envisioned. Among others, the WRC’s findings guided the development of this policy. On the other hand, the South African Constitution, 1996 states that, “people have the right to environment which is not harmful to the citizen”. Other legislation, such as the National Environmental Management Act (1998), the National Water Act, 1998 and the Water Services Act, 1997 echoed the same sentiment. The National Water Act, 1998 served as basis for a National Water Resources Strategy as a framework to guide the entire Water Resource Classification System policy process (Chapter 2: Part 1 of the National Water Act, 1998. Section 195 (e) of the South African Constitution, 1996, highlights that “people’s needs must be responded to, and the public must be encouraged to participate in the policy making”. Thus, the role of stakeholder participation in the DWAF Water Resource Classification System (WRCS) was chosen as a topic for investigation to inform policy makers as well as to identify policy defects. The research project aimed to evaluate the level of stakeholder participation in developing policy, as well as identifying and assessing the nature, influence and levels of their participation. It was established that broad stakeholder participation was a critical success factor during this policy development process. However, the WRCS was finalised based only on the information gathered from a few stakeholders. It should be noted that when water classification was undertaken the environmental issues were considered in such a way that the classification process does not in one way or another compromise the environment in general and is not detrimental to ecosystems in particular. According to the National Water Act, 1998, water is classified in three categories, namely minimally, moderately and heavily. In other countries water is treated as just another natural resource, but in South Africa water is treated as government’s scarce resource. This study investigated the importance of stakeholder participation as a key to policy development in a democratic state and concluded that better participation would have enhanced citizen ownership and shaping the policy concerned.
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Dore, John Gregory. "Deliberative water governance : theory and practice in the Mekong region." Phd thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148255.
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This thesis explores the research question: How can water governance be fairer and more effective in Mekong Region and beyond? In doing so, it examines the theory and practice of deliberative water governance, informed and illustrated in a region that comprises Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China's Yunnan Province.
Water governance can be understood along a spectrum, from a means to achieve pre{u00AD}determined objectives to a social process of dialogue, negotiation and decision-making. This thesis is most interested in the latter conception, in the context of 'the Mekong', where choices are being made about using and sharing transboundary waters. These choices might produce more energy; both increase and decrease food production; sustain or threaten livelihoods; and, maintain or degrade vital ecosystems and their services, upon which societies depend.
An introductory chapter (Part A, Chapter 1) contextualises and explains the logic of the research. I next explore contested waterscapes (Part B, Chapters 2-5) focusing on the complex tapestry of Mekong regionalisms and governance, hydropower expansion, and a marginalised Mekong River Commission. The analysis confirmed that significant scope exists for improving water governance, and that deliberation - debate and discussion aimed at producing reasonable, well-informed opinions - has been in short supply.
Deliberation deficits observed and reported in Part B provoked exploration of deliberative processes (Part C, Chapters 6-11) as a potential pathway to improving water governance. I examine firstly international practice, including still-topical issues from the World Commission on Dams, and the potential of multi-stakeholder platforms. I then examine Mekong practice and the efficacy of multi-stakeholder platforms as a governance tool; and the politics of deliberation, scales and levels. The final chapter of this section introduces a framework for analysing transboundary water governance complexes and distils suggestions for making water governance more deliberative and as a consequence, fairer and more effective.
Part C analyses a range of governance challenges, and provides evidence that deliberative processes, where inserted into political arenas, are making water governance fairer and more effective, by reducing power imbalances among stakeholders and assisting negotiations to be more transparent and informed.
In the final section and chapter (Part D, Chapter 12), I summarise and reflect on my practice and exploration of the topics. Drawing together the lessons from my research, I present my aspirational vision of Deliberative Water Governance - a new frontier in the field of deliberative governance: Constructive engagement that enables fairer and more effective water governance through inclusive, deliberative processes that emphasise different perspectives, learning, analysis and institution-building.
The vision is inspired by promising examples, from the Mekong Region and elsewhere, examined in the thesis chapters, which demonstrate the need for and added-value provided by deliberation when it is information-rich, flexibly facilitated and actively promotes analysis of different views. In conclusion, I contend that, via its action research and publishing orientation, this thesis has contributed uniquely to both the theory and practice of Deliberative Water Governance in the dynamic Mekong Region and more widely.
Books on the topic "Water resources development Law and legislation Victoria"
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Gardner, Alex. Water resources law. Chatswood, N.S.W: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2009.
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Water resources planning. Totowa, N.J: Rowman & Littlefield, 1990.
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Kelly, Dan. Financing water development. Austin, Tex. (P.O. Box 2910, Austin 78769): House Study Group, Texas House of Representatives, 1985.
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Dzurik, Andrew Albert. Water resources planning. 2nd ed. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996.
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Dzurik, Andrew Albert. Water resources planning. Totowa, N.J: Rowman & Littlefield, 1988.
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Dzurik, Andrew Albert. Water resources planning. Totowa, N.J: Rowman & Littlefield, 1988.
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Ross, Andrew. "Gambling at the Water Table." In Bird on Fire. Oxford University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199828265.003.0007.
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Of all the livelihoods made possible by land development, Cory Breternitz’s job was one of the more peculiar. He was paid to do archaeological excavations by people who hoped he would find nothing of interest. His Phoenix-based firm was one of many private archaeology firms that sprang up in response to legislation (the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970) designed to protect cultural resources such as prehistoric artifacts or remains. These laws require government agencies and private developers to hire historians and archaeologists to survey sites and inventory the results before they start building. At the height of the Arizona housing boom, Breternitz, who had previously worked for the Navajo Nation for more than twenty years, spent much of his time on the urban fringe, sifting through desert soil, looking for evidence of Hohokam settlement before the bulldozers “scraped the desert clean” and the construction crews moved in with chipboard, two-by-fours, and stucco to throw up a brown-tiled subdivision. If Breternitz uncovered a prehistoric structure, even a hamlet, it was still the developer’s prerogative to plough it under. “The United States,” he explained, “is different than most countries in the world in that private property is sacred, and the government cannot tell you what to do with it. In places like England, historic properties on your land belong to the Crown, and whatever you find—like a hoard of medieval coins—belongs to the government. In the U.S. if you find a ruin on your land, it belongs to you and you can bulldoze it or sell the artifacts.” Some of the developers he worked for might decide to preserve his discoveries and have them curated on-site by the state so that they could be promoted as an attractive sales feature to add value to the development. But ultimately, he reported, most of them simply “want their clearance, or their permits, to move forward with their projects and make money.” Human remains are the exception to this rule, since private ownership of these is prohibited by federal and Arizona law.
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GOLOVKO, Liudmyla. "IMPLEMENTATION OF EU WATER POLICY IN UKRAINE: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.103.
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The use, protection and management of water resources belong to the most urgent among global environmental problems of our time. Today, the civilization clearly realizes the need for careful management of water resources, maintaining and restoring its quality. Water quality determines the possibility of its use in various fields of human activity. For Ukraine problems of water sector are also acute and urgent. Low efficiency of water use, poor drinking water quality, nitrate contamination of water resources, poor condition of water bodies in Ukraine require more foreign experience in this sphere, especially the EU experience. The purpose of our scholarly work is to explore actual problems of harmonization of water legislation of Ukraine with the requirements of EU water policy and development of proposals for the improvement of Ukrainian legislation. Main features of harmonization of Ukrainian legislation in the water resources management sphere with EU law and prospects for implementation of principles of EU Water Framework Directive were analyzed. As a result of the study the ways of implementation of positive foreign experience of water objects management in Ukraine are considered. Considering the scale of ecological crisis in Ukraine the necessity of forming a new system of economic regulators of nature is obvious. Such system must not only accumulate funds for urgent actions, but primarily encourage economic entities to protect the natural environment. We consider it appropriate to introduce mandatory environmental insurance for operators of environmentally hazardous activities.