Regulatory Frameworks for Water Resources Management : A Comparative Study

Salman, Salman M.A. ; Bradlow, Daniel D.

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ALLOCATION OF WATER;    CLIMATE CHANGE;    CONSERVATION;    CONSTRUCTION;    COST RECOVERY;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This note contains a summary, forpractitioners, of the World Bank Law, Justice, andDevelopment Series Book Regulatory Frameworks for WaterResources Management: a comparative study (2006). Itexamines how the regulatory frameworks in 16 jurisdictionsworldwide have addressed the various basic issues related towater resources management, provides a comparative analysisof those issues, and highlights the essential elements ofthe regulatory frameworks that are emerging in response.Most countries have laws or regulations (and in fewer casesconstitutional clauses) relating to ownership, management,and allocation of water. These provisions are often,however, out of date, over complex, lacking in clarity, orfragmented. For the comparative analysis, regulatoryframeworks for water resources management were selected from16 jurisdictions: Armenia, Brazil, Cameroon, China, CostaRica, European Union (EU), France, Germany, Kazakhstan,Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Senegal, South Africa, Vietnam, andthe Republic of Yemen.