Modern water rights : theory and practice / Stephen Hodgson.
This publication offers a fresh look at the theory and practice of modern water rights, from a comparative law angle. It sheds light on a number of key features of such rights, and draws out and discusses the relevant problematic issues. It will be of inspiration and use in the process of reforming...
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| Language: | English |
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Rome :
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
2006.
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| Series: | FAO legislative study ;
92. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 116 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
Partial Contents:
- Introduction
- Traditional approaches to water rights
- Reasons for moving to a system of modern water rights
- The consultation and education process involved
- The legal and regulatory basis
- The initial assignment of rights
- Experience with procedures for registration of rights
- The sale and leasing of rights : procedures and implications
- Environmental allocations
- Dispute resolution mechanisms
- Safeguarding the interests of the disadvantage
- The impatcs of the rights based alloction system in terms of efficiency, equity, transparency and the environment
- Conclusion.