Water law and cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris region
Subtitle: a comparative and interdisciplinary approach
By: edited by Aysegül Kibaroglu, Adele J. Kirschner, Sigrid Mehring, Rüdiger Wolfrum
Contributors: Kibaroğlu, Ayșegül, editor of compilation; Kirschner, Adele J., editor of compilation; Mehring, Sigrid, editor of compilation; Wolfrum, Rüdiger, editor of compilation
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers; Brill - Nijhoff; Martinus Nijhoff
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9789004258341; 9789004258358
Subjects: Water resources development; Congresses; Law and legislation; Euphrates River Watershed; International status; Tigris River Watershed
Description: With a special focus on normative questions of water governance in the relations between Iraq, Syria and Turkey, Water Law and Cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris Region: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach examines different issues of management regarding these shared waters.
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--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A survey of challenges and trends in the context of international water law / Rudiger Wolfrum and Adele J. Kirschner; title: International groundwater law in the Euphrates and Tigris region / Kerstin Mechlem; title: Governing international watercourses : implications of the human right to water / Pierre Thielborger; title: Transboundary water relations in the Euphrates and Tigris region / Aysegul Kibaroglu; title: Sharing and protecting the euphrates and tigris : legal status quo / Adele J. Kirschner and Katrin Tiroch; title: Advantages of marketable water rights in the Ttigris and Euphrates basin / Evin Wick; title: Dams on Euphrates and Tigris : impact and regulation through international law / Nicolas Bremer; title: Hydrology / Johannes Cullmann; title: Water law in Iraq : the present model for water resources protection / Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad; title: Water management laws in the Syrian Arab Republic / Rana Kharouf-Gaudig; title: Legal context in water management policy in Turkey : evolution of a complex framework in three stages / Vakur Sumer; title: EU water law and its relevance for the Euphrates and Tigris region / Ulrich Beyerlin; title: Procedural system of transboundary water cooperation in the Aral Sea basin / Dinara Ziganshina; title: The Jordan River : legal and institutional aspects / Marwan Haddad; title: The Amazon River Basin : features, history and legal framework / Lilian del Castillo-Laborde; title: International cooperation to protect the Rhine River : lessons to be learned for the Euphrates and Tigris region? / Katrin Tiroch; title: Sovereignty revisited; title: examining the rules of international law that govern transboundary water resources with a focus on upstream/downstream state practice; title: possible lessons learned for the Euphrates-Tigris / Patricia Wouters.