Cultural Values and Transboundary River Protection under International Environmental Law

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-77253-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 546 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in International Environmental Law

This book argues that there is an urgent need to reevaluate how international environmental law can enhance the ecological well-being of transboundary rivers.

Through understanding the motivations behind river protection, the book identifies the cultural values associated with rivers and considers how these can be incorporated into international legal frameworks to enhance river protection. The book explores prominent cultural values, including aesthetic, heritage, Indigenous, and spiritual values, and presents ways in which these can be recognized through international water law, the sustainable development principle, and protected areas law. Adopting case studies of transboundary rivers worldwide, the book shows that implementing cultural values through international environmental laws can lead to improved ecological outcomes for the world’s transboundary rivers.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of environmental law, international water law, international legal theory, and freshwater conservation.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campbell, Sam

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Limnologie (Süßwasser)
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: Introduction and Conceptual Framework

1. Introduction

2. Conceptual Framework: River Values

PART II: International Environmental Laws and Cultural Values

3. Cultural Values, Normative Flexibility, and the Equitable and Reasonable Utilization Principle

4. Cultural Values, Normative Flexibility, and the No Significant Harm Principle

5. Sustainable Development, International Environmental Law, and Cultural Values

6. Protected Areas, Cultural Values, and Transboundary River Protection

Part III: Case Studies

7. Aesthetic Values, Transboundary River Protection, and the Zambezi River Basin

8. Heritage Values, Transboundary River Protection, and the Danube River Basin

9. Indigenous Values, Transboundary River Protection, and the Amazon River Basin

10. Spiritual Values, Transboundary River Protection, and the Ganges River Basin

Part IV: Conclusions and Future Directions

11. Conclusions and Future Directions

Über Autor(innen)

Sam Campbell is a lecturer in environmental law at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. His work addresses human-nature relationships and international environmental law and policy, with a particular focus on freshwater. His research has been published in leading journals in the fields of international environmental law and policy, and protected areas. He is a member of the World Commission on Protected Areas and the International Association for Impact Assessment. Sam is also Associate Director of the Centre for Environmental, Resources and Energy Law at the University of Waikato.