Trans-Jurisdictional Water Law and Governance

ISBN-13: 9781138928275 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 332 str.

Janice Gray; Cameron Holley; Rosemary Rayfuse

Opis

Water has no respect for arbitrary, human-defined borders and institutions, and presents one of the most confounding governance challenges in contemporary natural resource management. This book proposes that sustainable water governance requires trans-jurisdictional water governance, defined as legal and policy responses to the conservation, management and use of water resources that cross administrative borders.

With considerable government, citizen and financial donor attention having been devoted to developing a range of international, transnational and national laws and policies to protect, manage and sustainably use both fresh and coastal marine water resources, the book seeks to achieve coherence and institutional coordination between and across different bodies of laws at the local, national, regional and international levels. It includes case studies from the European Union, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, United States and the Mekong in Southeast Asia. Overall the book demonstrates the challenges and responses to water law and governance at different scales and contexts around the world."

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction  1. The Challenge of Trans-jurisdictional Water Law and Governance  Janice Gray, Cameron Holley and Rosemary Rayfuse  Part 2: Trans-Jurisdictional Water Law and Governance – Theoretical Underpinnings and International Approaches  2. Trans-jurisdictional Water Governance: Law’s Role at Multiple Levels  Lee Godden  3. Transboundary Water Governance through the Prism of the Mekong River Basin  Richard Paisley, Patrick Weiler and Taylor Henshaw  4. Trans-jurisdictional Water Governance in the European Union  Marleen Van Rijswick  5. Critical Linkages: Trans-jurisdictional Approaches to Advancing Indigenous Marine Governance  Lauren Butterly and Erika Techera  Part 3: Trans-Jurisdictional Water Law and Governance – National Approaches  6. Intra-national Rivalries: A Submerged Aspect of Transboundary Water Governance  Paul Martin and Amanda Kennedy  7. Defragging: Overcoming Fragmentation in United States Water Governance  Buzz Thompson  8. Beyond the Traditional Governance of Trans-jurisdictional Groundwater: Unconventional Approaches to Cross-boundary Aquifer Management in the United States  Rebecca Nelson and Meg Casey  9. Muddied Water: (Un)co-operative Governance and Water Management in South Africa  Michael Kidd  10. The Flow of Laws: The Trans-jurisdictional Laws of the Longest River in Aotearoa New Zealand  Jacinta Ruru  Part 4: Emerging Challenges in Trans-Jurisdictional Water Law and Governance  11. Diffuse Source Pollution and Water Quality Law for the Great Barrier Reef: Why the Reticence to Regulate?  Marie Waschka and Alex Gardner  12. Trans-jurisdictional Water Governance in the Context of Unconventional Gas Mining: The Australian Experience  Janice Gray  13. Protecting Coastal Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Reinvigorating Integrated Coastal Zone Governance  Jan McDonald and Anita Foerster  14. Contests over ‘Wild’ Rivers in Queensland: Implications for Trans-jurisdictional Water Governance  Poh Ling Tan  15. Trans-jurisdictional Water Governance and Implementing the Human Right to Water in South Africa  Cristy Clark  Part 5: Conclusion  16. The Future of Trans-jurisdictional Water Law and Governance  Janice Gray, Cameron Holley and Rosemary Rayfuse