Water as a Human Right for the Middle East and North Africa (Paperback)

Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is essential for human survival and for maintenance of a decent quality of life. Currently, more than a billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and more than two billion people lack proper sanitation. In 1992, the United Nations proclaimed that water should be considered to be a human right. This position, however, has not been accepted by many developed and developing countries. This book systematically and comprehensively analyzes the legal development of the concept of water as a human right; implications for the national governments, and international and national organizations for the implementation of this concept; progress made in different Middle East and North African countries to provide every individual access to clean water and sanitation, constraints faced to assure universal access to water-related services and how these constraints can be overcome, and an overall research agenda in areas where more knowledge is necessary.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	2008
Editors:	Asit Biswas • Eglal Rached • Cecilia Tortajada
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-46135-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Promotions
LSN:	0-415-46135-9
Barcode:	9780415461351

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