The Human Face of Water Security

This volume collects essays from academics and practitioners from a diversity of areas and perspectives in order to discuss water security at various levels and to illuminate the central idea of water security: its focus on the individual. Beginning with

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David Devlaeminck Zafar Adeel Robert Sandford Editors

The Human Face of Water Security

Water Security in a New World Series editor Zafar Adeel, Pacific Water Research Centre, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13406

David Devlaeminck • Zafar Adeel Robert Sandford Editors

The Human Face of Water Security

Editors David Devlaeminck China International Water Law (CIWL), School of Law Xiamen University Xiamen, Fujian, China

Zafar Adeel Pacific Water Research Centre Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC, Canada

Robert Sandford Hamilton, ON, Canada

ISSN 2367-4008     ISSN 2367-4016 (electronic) Water Security in a New World ISBN 978-3-319-50160-4    ISBN 978-3-319-50161-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-50161-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017935378 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Contents

1 The Human Face of Water Insecurity����������������������������������������������������    1 Robert Sandford 2 Water Security as the Centerpiece of the Sustainable Development Agenda ������������������������������������������������������������������������������   25 Zafar Adeel 3 Water, Law and Equity����������������������������������������������������������������������������   45 Owen McIntyre 4 Water as a Human Right in the Global South: Ethical, Legal and Sociopolitical Dimensions����������������������������������������������������������������   71 Patricia Avila-García 5 Crime, Corruption, Terrorism and Beyond: A Typology of Water Crime�����������������������������������������������������������