The River Basin in history and law.

Door: Teclaff, Ludwik A.

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• Uitgever: The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,1967. Paperback. xxiv,228 pp. Library stamp. Conditie: redelijk
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• Extra informatie: - The widespread acceptance within the past two or three decades of the river basin as the unit of optimal water resources development poses the question whether this is a temporary phenomenon, reflecting the current stage of technology and of administrative, economic, and legal thought on the subject, or whether the influence of the physical unity of the river basin, the interdependence of its waters, has always operated in the past and will continue to operate in the future. Taking selected examples, from the fluvial civilizations of antiquity down to the huge regional and continental water- sharing plans of the 1960's, this book describes and analyses from an historical perspective the role of the river basin in shaping the organizational framework of water resources development. It draws upon the literature of many subject fields, as well as on a great number and variety of legal documents. The author has placed this material in a river-basin context and observed the interrelationships between the hydrologic unity of the basin and eco- nomic, social, cultural, and political insti- tutions. He concludes that the physical unity of the river basin has an enduring influence upon water resources development and that this will continue to operate, even in an era of vast inter-basin transfers of water, engaging the efforts of scholars and practitioners in both domestic and international water law.
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