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The University of Melbourne Melbourne Law School
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land and water management | Law and society and socio-legal research | Environmental law | Law
Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
Date: 29-06-2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2019
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 23-07-2019
DOI: 10.1002/WAT2.1368
Abstract: Water markets are used in a wide variety of contexts to (a) increase access to water, and (b) increase water use efficiency by reallocating water to uses with a higher economic value. The global prevalence of water markets may help or hinder achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6, making it essential to understand their role in water management. However, an overarching understanding of what water markets are and how they work across different regulatory and geographic contexts is surprisingly elusive. The literature separates water markets based on their formality and the nature of the goods and services being sold (typically either domestic water or agricultural), but growing water scarcity and increasing urban water demands means that agricultural and urban water use can no longer be considered separately. This review brings together two disparate strands of literature on water markets: (a) markets as a tool for re‐allocation between agricultural uses (including both water rights and irrigation services), and (b) urban water markets to expand access to safe water supplies. Based on a review of 148 studies of water markets, this article explores the similarities and differences between urban and agricultural markets across the spectrum of regulatory formality to identify key findings in water market operation and outcomes, including critiques of market function. Bringing together the work on urban and agricultural water markets highlights important lessons on the role water markets can play in achieving SDG 6. This article is categorized under: Human Water Value of Water Engineering Water Sustainable Engineering of Water
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2022
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-12-2015
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 10-04-2019
Publisher: WIT Press
Date: 04-09-2013
DOI: 10.2495/WS130271
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-03-2018
DOI: 10.1002/WAT2.1285
Abstract: Environmental water management is a relatively new discipline, with concepts, management practice and institutional mechanisms that are still emerging. The efficient and effective use of environmental water to maximize environmental benefits, or environmental water use efficiency , is one such emerging concept. Currently, much of the focus is on allocative efficiency, where the objective is to achieve a better balance between consumptive and environmental water uses in a cost‐effective way. However, this may not provide the most efficient and effective way to manage environmental water in the long term, where managers are seeking productive (or operational) efficiency . Here, the objective is to maximize environmental outcomes relative to the cost of managing the available resource. This paper explores the concept of water use efficiency in the context of environmental water. This article is categorized under: Engineering Water Planning Water Human Water Value of Water
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-2019
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 02-10-2020
DOI: 10.1017/S2047102520000242
Abstract: The rapid emergence of rights of Nature over the past decade across multiple contexts has fostered increasing awareness, recognition, and, ultimately, acceptance of rights of Nature by the global community. Yet, too often, both scholarly publications and news articles bury the lede – namely, that the most transformative cases of rights of Nature have been consistently influenced and often actually led by Indigenous peoples. In this article we explore the ontologies of rights of Nature and earth jurisprudence, and the intersections of these movements with the leadership of Indigenous peoples in claiming and giving effect to their own rights (while acknowledging that not all Indigenous peoples support rights of Nature). Based on early observations, we discern an emerging trend of increased efficacy, longevity, and transformative potential being linked to a strongly pluralist approach of lawmaking and environmental management. A truly transformative and pluralist ecological jurisprudence can be achieved only by enabling, and empowering, Indigenous leadership.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 10-12-2020
Abstract: In 2019, Bangladesh joined the ever-growing list of countries to recognize rivers as living entities with legal rights. The Bangladesh Rivers case is another ex le of advocacy from the Supreme Court in Bangladesh, and the article explores the relationship between the executive and the judiciary, and the ongoing role the judiciary has played in water law reform. The Court based its decision on a novel reading of the Constitution, linking the legal rights of the rivers to the public trust doctrine and the human right to a healthy environment. This foundation is itself potentially controversial, and the new legal status of the rivers may set their interests against those of the people who live along and rely upon them. By making comparisons between this case and similar decisions in India and Colombia, the Bangladesh Rivers case can be seen as part of the transnational movement to grant legal rights to rivers.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 11-08-2023
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-12-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2014
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 11-05-2020
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 11-2019
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-09-2022
DOI: 10.1002/WAT2.1608
Abstract: Increasingly, irrigation infrastructure upgrades have been regarded in global policy as a solution for both water scarcity and low agricultural productivity. However, these technical “fixes” may ultimately prove to be dangerous shortcuts that do little to address the concerns of irrigators, Indigenous People, environmental groups, and local communities about water scarcity, access, security, and sustainability. In the absence of transparent and rigorous governance safeguards, irrigation efficiency upgrades can result in higher water consumption, demand, and ultimately, increased water scarcity. Upgraded irrigation systems also tend to capture return flows and redistribute them to “high value” consumptive water uses, potentially displacing other users and uses, including Indigenous Peoples. In this article, we critique current approaches to governing irrigation efficiency, using a water justice lens to identify four key insights and their implications for governance. We propose new governance pathways and options that take into consideration hydrological realities and the full range of water demands and needs. This article is categorized under: Human Water Water Governance Water and Life Conservation, Management, and Awareness Human Water Water as Imagined and Represented
Start Date: 04-2023
End Date: 12-2026
Amount: $452,350.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
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