Environment & the Developing World

Two decades after its launch by the UN Brundtland Commission, the paradigm of sustainability seems to have reached its limit. The concept might figure ever more prominently in public debate, but the ecological footprint of advanced consumer societies grows ever larger. This volume examines this para..

This book systematically and comprehensively analyzes the legal development of the concept of water as a human right; its implications for the national governments, as well as the impact of the implementation of this concept for international and national organizations...