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Creating legal space for water user organizations : transparency, governance and the law /

This publication describes the experience of a number of transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union with crafting regulatory frameworks for irrigation water users' organizations. It also seeks to distill a number of key regulatory requirements. As a result, t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hodgson, Stephen (Author)
Corporate Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Development Law Service
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009.
Series:FAO legislative study ; 100.
Subjects:
Irrigation laws.
Water-supply > Law and legislation.
water supply.
irrigation systems.
water rights.
government.
social participation.
Central Europe.
Eastern Europe.
Russian Federation.
Water use.
Water management.
Water law.
Water.
Natural resources.
Governance.
Transparency.
Utilities.
WATER RIGHTS.
WATER LAW.
WATER MANAGEMENT.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.
IRRIGATION RESEARCH.
watergebruik
water use
irrigatie
irrigation
wetgeving
legislation
regelingen
regulations
transition economies
Public Law
Publiekrecht
Online Access:Connect to online resource
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Summary:This publication describes the experience of a number of transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union with crafting regulatory frameworks for irrigation water users' organizations. It also seeks to distill a number of key regulatory requirements. As a result, this study serves as a design/drafting manual for policymakers and for drafters of legislation on water users' organizations.--Publisher's description.
Physical Description:vi, 108 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Also freely available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-108).
ISBN:9251064067
9789251064061
ISSN:1014-6679 ;