Water Rights in Southeast Asia and India
This fascinating book examines the paramount human rights issue of our time: clean drinking water. Pollution, population surge, and climate change will deprive an estimated 2 billion citizens of this fundamental right by 2050. The author argues for the ne
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Water Rights in Southeast Asia and India
Water Rights in Southeast Asia and India RossM ichael Pink
WATER RIGHTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND INDIA
Copyright © Ross Michael Pink 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-50422-7
All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted their right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN: 978–1–349–58042–2 E-PDF ISBN: 978–1–137–50423–4 DOI: 10.1057/9781137504234 Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pink, Ross Michael, 1959– author. Water rights in Southeast Asia and India / Ross Michael Pink. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: "Examines the foremost human rights issue of the twenty-first century: clean drinking water. Dynamic and vital water issues are explored in nine countries: Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. 800 million people today have no clean water sources. This number will soar to over two billion by 2050 because of pollution, surging population in the developing world, and climate change, which will accelerate drought, flooding, and disease. The global community has a historic and epic task to establish innovative and sustainable practices at both the international and village level to safeguard the precious human right to water for billions of citizens"— Provided by publisher. 1. Right to water—Southeast Asia. 2. Right to water—India. 3. Water security—Southeast Asia. 4. Water security—India. 5. Drinking water— Southeast Asia. 6. Drinking water—India. I. Title. KNC581.P56 2015 346.504⬘32—dc23
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A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.
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