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International law and transboundary aquifers, Francesco Sindico

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International law and transboundary aquifers

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Francesco Sindico

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"Groundwater amounts to 97% of available global freshwater resources. Emphasising the crucial importance of this in the context of increasing population, climate change and the overall global water crisis, Francesco Sindico offers a comprehensive study of the emerging body of international law applicable to transboundary aquifers. Adopting a scenario-based approach, this much-needed book analyses a diverse set of transboundary aquifer agreements and arrangements. With just a handful of such agreements and arrangements around the world, it demonstrates how identifying a normative roadmap for countries that want to begin jointly managing a transboundary aquifer is of paramount importance. Offering an in-depth exploration into the ILC Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers, it provides insight into how this body of law is evolving, and discusses its relation to customary international law. Academics and researchers interested in international water law, environmental law and public international law more widely will find this a unique and compelling work, whilst the book's practical approach will also make it a useful tool for transboundary aquifer professionals and wider stakeholders working in governments and public bodies dealing with water management around the world"--, Provided by publisher

Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Transboundary aquifers -- 3. The emergence of an international law of transboundary aquifers -- 4. The normative content of the international law of transboundary aquifers -- 5. The future of the international law of transboundary aquifers -- 6. Transboundary aquifer agreements and arrangements -- 7. Conclusion -- Index