Legal and other institutional aspects of groundwater governance

Authors

Jenny Grönwall
Marianne Kjellén
Alice Aureli
Stefano Burchi
Mohamed Bazza
Raya Marina Stephan
Gabriel Eckstein, Texas A&M University School of LawFollow
Lesha Witmer
Margreet Zwarteveen
Aurélien Dumont
Danielle Gaillar-Picher
Rio Hada
Rebecca Welling
Maki Tsujimura

Document Type

Book Section

Publication Date

4-2022

ISBN

978-92-3-100507-7

Abstract

This chapter defines the linked concepts of groundwater governance and groundwater management, explaining how they differ from each other. Then, it describes the prevailing legal instruments for, and the institutional aspects of, groundwater management and governance.

First Page

39

Last Page

46

Num Pages

8

Publisher

UNESCO

Rights

This report is published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water. The list of UN-Water Members and Partners can be found on the following website: www.unwater.org.

Book Title

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2022: Groundwater: Making the invisible visible

Book Author

UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme

Recommended Citation

Jenny Grönwall, Marianne Kjellén, Alice Aureli, Stefano Burchi, Mohamed Bazza, Raya M. Stephan, Gabriel Eckstein, Lesha Witmer, Margreet Zwarteveen, Aurélien Dumont, Danielle Gaillar-Picher, Rio Hada, Rebecca Welling & Maki Tsujimura, Legal and other institutional aspects of groundwater governance, in The United Nations World Water Development Report 2022: Groundwater: Making the invisible visible 39 (2022).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/1642

File Type

PDF