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Utilization of shared international freshwater resources - the meaning and role of "equity" in international water law

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The principle of equitable and reasonable utilization is the predominant normative rule of international law relating to the utilization of international water resources. Hence, allocation of state rights in the use of an international watercourse has long been based on the somewhat nebulous concept of equity. This article investigates the meaning and role of equity. It argues that one reason for confusion about equity in international water law is that it has historically been invoked in relation to a number of different roles, ranging from that of a substantive rule of water apportionment to that of ensuring procedural fairness.

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  • Owen McIntyre, 2013. "Utilization of shared international freshwater resources - the meaning and role of "equity" in international water law," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(2), pages 112-129, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:38:y:2013:i:2:p:112-129
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2013.779199
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    1. Hojjat Mianabadi & Erik Mostert & Saket Pande & Nick van de Giesen, 2015. "Weighted Bankruptcy Rules and Transboundary Water Resources Allocation," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 29(7), pages 2303-2321, May.
    2. Rossi, Giuseppe, 2015. "Achieving ethical responsibilities in water management: A challenge," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 147(C), pages 96-102.
    3. Carl Middleton & David J. Devlaeminck, 2021. "Reciprocity in practice: the hydropolitics of equitable and reasonable utilization in the Lancang-Mekong basin," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 21(2), pages 235-253, June.
    4. Dagmawi Mulugeta Degefu & Weijun He & Liang Yuan & Jian Hua Zhao, 2016. "Water Allocation in Transboundary River Basins under Water Scarcity: a Cooperative Bargaining Approach," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 30(12), pages 4451-4466, September.

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