Principles of Water Law and Administration: National and International, 3rd Edition - Paperback

by Dante A. Caponera (Author), Marcella Nanni (Author)

Provides a tool for dealing with the legal and institutional aspects of water resources management within national contexts and at the level of transboundary water resources. It identifies the legal and institutional issues arising in connection with water resources management and provides guidelines for possible solutions.

Author Biography

Marcella Nanni is a recognized international expert in water law and administration and related disciplines. She has provided legal advice to a number of governments, regional organizations and river basin institutions within the framework of projects financed by international organizations such as FAO, the European Union, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and by bilateral donors. This advice has covered the drafting of water legislation, water policies and international agreements, the development of proposals for the approximation of legislation of EU accession countries to the EU water acquis, the restructuring of water resources management institutions, water law implementation requirements and the formulation and conduct of capacity-building programmes.

Marcella is Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Council of the International Association for Water Law/Asociación Internacional de Derecho de Aguas (AIDA) and is the editor of the association's newsletter, 'Aquaforum.' She collaborated with Dr. Caponera for the research on the first edition of this book and produced the revised edition of the book in 2007. Marcella Nanni is the author of a number of published articles on water law topics.