Water law and cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris region : : a comparative and interdisciplinary approach / / edited by Aysegul Kibaroglu [and three others].

• Author: Advancing Cooperation in the Euphrates and Tigris Region Okan University),
• TeilnehmendeR: Kibaroglu, Aysegul.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (437 pages) :; illustrations (some color), color maps
• Notes: Papers based on conference "Advancing cooperation in the Euphrates and Tigris region: institutional development and--multidisciplinary perspectives" held in the premises of Okan University in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2012--ECIP text.

Table of Contents

A survey of challenges and trends in the context of international water law / Rudiger Wolfrum and Adele J. Kirschner -- International groundwater law in the Euphrates and Tigris region / Kerstin Mechlem -- Governing international watercourses : implications of the human right to water / Pierre Thielborger -- Transboundary water relations in the Euphrates and Tigris region / Aysegul Kibaroglu -- Sharing and protecting the euphrates and tigris: legal status quo / Adele J. Kirschner and Katrin Tiroch -- Advantages of marketable water rights in the Ttigris and Euphrates basin / Evin Wick -- Dams on Euphrates and Tigris : impact and regulation through international law / Nicolas Bremer -- Hydrology / Dr. Johannes Cullmann -- Water law in Iraq : the present model for water resources protection / Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad -- Water management laws in the Syrian Arab Republic / Rana Kharouf-Gaudig -- Legal context in water management policy in Turkey : evolution of a complex framework in three stages / Vakur Sumer -- EU water law and its relevance for the Euphrates and Tigris region / Ulrich Beyerlin -- Procedural system of transboundary water cooperation in the Aral Sea basin / Dinara Ziganshina -- The Jordan River : legal and institutional aspects / Marwan Haddad -- The Amazon River Basin : features, history and legal framework / Lilian del Castillo-Laborde -- International cooperation to protect the Rhine River : lessons to be learned for the Euphrates and Tigris region? / Katrin Tiroch -- Sovereignty revisited-examining the rules of international law that govern transboundary water resources with a focus on upstream/downstream state practice-possible lessons learned for the Euphrates-Tigris / Patricia Wouters.