The Coming Water Crisis
A Common Concern of Humankind
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4609941 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edith Brown Wei, Edith Brown Weiss (0009-0004-2536-6348, Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 153-168 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transnational Environmental Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2047-1025 • E-ISSN: 2047-1033 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s2047102511000100 |
| OpenAlex | W2106902265 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 4 |
This essay argues that fresh water, its availability and use, should now be recognized as 'a common concern of humankind', much as climate change was recognized as a 'common concern of humankind' in the1992United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and conservation of biodiversity was recognized as a 'common concern of humankind' in the1992Convention on Biological Diversity. This would respond to the many linkages between what happens in one area with the demand for and the supply of fresh water in other areas. It would take into account the scientific characteristics of the hydrological cycle, address the growing commodification of water in the form of transboundary water markets and virtual water transfers through food production and trade, and respect the efforts to identify a human right to water
Biodiversity · Biology · Business · Climate change · Commodification · Convention · Convention on Biological Diversity · Economics · Economy · Environmental ethics · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Geography · Natural resource economics · Political science · Environmental law and policy · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Law · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Ecology
The Principle of Common Concern and Climate Change
Introducing Transnational Environmental Law
Between Priceless and Worthless
Climate Change, Disasters and People on the Move
A critical appraisal of the BBNJ agreement not to recognise the high seas decline as a common concern of humankind
Plastic ‘Highways’ to the Sea
Looking Beyond the International
Transnational Environmental Law and Grass-Root Initiatives
Intellectual Property Rights and the Conservation of Plant Biodiversity as a Common Concern of Humankind
The Maturing of Transnational Environmental Law
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |