This article examines two of the major water legal regimes in the Americas - that of Brazil and the United States. Both … instance, is home to between eight and fifteen percent of the world’s fresh water, and its fast-growing economy and population … present major challenges in management and allocation. The U.S. also faces major water allocation problems resulting from past …

of water pollution deriving from mismanaged drilling and fracturing, absence of adequate regulation framework and …

An examination of anti-water privatization movements in the United States and Canada that explores the interplay of the …Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Anti-Water Privatization Movements in the Age of … Globalization -- 1 From Commons to Commodity: Water Governance, Neoliberalism, and the Privatization of Municipal Water Systems -- 2 …

contested resource governance such as large-scale negotiations over water use. Research methods such as social network analysis … period of contested negotiations over water. Through this research, we forward a method of institutional SNA useful when an … water scarcity and changes in water distribution …

1. Why the crisis? -- 2. Cheaper than dirt -- 3. Who owns the water? -- 4. Water is for fightin' -- 5. Back to the …