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Wet growth: Should water law control land use?

Author
Arnold C.A. (ed.)
Date
2005
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-073516)
Publisher | Place of publication
Environmental Law Institute | Washington, DC, USA
ISBN
1-58576-089-7
Pages
489 p.
Document type
Miscellaneous
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Water
Keyword
Basin/catchment/watershed Land-use planning Freshwater resources management Property rights River basin institution
Abstract

Contents: 1. Introduction: Integrating water controls and land use controls: New ideas and old obstacles 2. We are all water lawyers now: Water law 's potential but limited impact on urban growth management 3. Water management and land use planning: Is it time for closer coordination? 4. Dusting off the blueprint for a dryland democracy: Incorporating watershed integrity and water availability into land use decisions 5. Environmental justice in a dryland democracy: A comment on water basin institutions 6. The law at the water 's edge: Limits to ownership of aquatic ecosystems 7. Crossing boundaries: Commentary on ' the law at the water 's edge ' 8. Private rights in a connected land 9. Balancing water values and human needs in an enlightened land use planning regime 10. Polycentric wet growth: Policy diversity and local land use regulation in integrating land and water