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

• Author: Advancing Cooperation in the Euphrates and Tigris Region (Conference)
• TeilnehmendeR: Kibaroğlu, Ayșegül.; Advancing Cooperation in the Euphrates and Tigris Region (Conference)
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (437 p.)
• 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.

Water Law and Cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris Region: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach builds on the increased attention for international water governance questions in the UN International Year of Water Cooperation (2013) to evaluate various management issues related to the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, with particular attention to the legal governing framework. Alongside contributions by legal scholars from the respective riparian countries on the national water law, the book offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on political, hydrological and environmental aspects of water management in the region. Additionally, the overall legal implications of water sharing and water resource management are addressed analyzed, in a critical overview. Finally, Water Law in the Euphrates-Tigris Region: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach serves as a comprehensive analysis of modern water law in its inclusion of comparative studies of legal and institutional aspects of water management systems in other international river basins. Legal scholars, political scientists, specialists in conflict resolution, economists and policy-makers will find an essential new work in Water Law in the Euphrates-Tigris Region: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach .

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.