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Strengthening Cooperation over Transboundary Groundwater Resources (Hardcover)
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Strengthening Cooperation over Transboundary Groundwater Resources (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
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Groundwater is humanity's most vital supply of freshwater.
Freshwater resources contained in aquifer systems globally are two
orders of magnitude greater than those found in all rivers, lakes,
and other surface freshwaters combined. Moreover, approximately one
half of the world's population today is dependent on groundwater
for its basic needs. While these truisms are widely acknowledged,
an additional reality is now recognized - many of these subsurface
freshwater reservoirs are actually transboundary formations shared
amongst two or more nations. In fact, around 600 transboundary
aquifers have been identified worldwide. They underlie the
territory of nearly every non-island nation and are found in both
humid and arid environments. Surprisingly, though, only a handful
of transboundary aquifers worldwide are subject to any type of
formal or informal international agreement. Transboundary
groundwater resources are now receiving growing attention among the
international community. Questions are being raised about how they
should be managed, allocated and protected, what rights aquifer
riparians can enjoy, and what responsibilities these aquifer states
might owe to neighbouring aquifer riparians. This book considers
all these various aspects of the management and regulation of
transboundary groundwater resources. It also presents case studies
and explores recent efforts to engage the international community
on best practices and global standards for governing transboundary
aquifers. As communities and nations continue to expand their
reliance on these critical sources of freshwater, they will have to
address such issues and develop governance regimes for these shared
subsurface resources. The chapters in this book were originally
published as a special issue of Water International.
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