Governing Groundwater: Between Law and Practice (1st ed. 2022) (Water Governance - Concepts, Methods, and Practice)

Synopsis

This book empirically examines a diverse range of groundwater issues and different approaches to deal with such concerns taking into account responses from government bodies, community organizations, scientists, private sector, and academia. The overarching objective of this book is to empirically examine groundwater governance and groundwater law. It aims to provide a better understanding of the complexities surrounding groundwater governance in order to reconceptualize and retheorize the governance of subterranean resources having as entry points equity and sustainability concerns. This involves understanding what people do when using, sharing, protecting, and measuring groundwater; and why do they do what they do, i.e., what are their motivations to resort to certain practices. This is done through the comparative and contrasting investigation of six case studies from countries from the Global North and Global South. It offers a different perspective of literature given that it explains how groundwater governance and law are in practice rather than what they should be. Additionally, the research presented in this book provides ideas on how to rethink the design and implementation of groundwater law grounded on empirically based descriptions and the understanding of groundwater problems.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783030927783

Related ISBNs:

9783030927776

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

03/16/22

Copyrighted By:

The Editor

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Science, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government

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This is a copyrighted book.