Download or read book International Law for a Water-scarce World written by Edith Brown Weiss and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fresh water crisis is the new environmental crisis of the 21st century. By 2050, 993 million people are projected to live in cities with perennial water shortages; 3.1 billion will confront seasonal water shortages within their urban areas. The traditional legal principles upon which existing water management is based are likely to be insufficient to deal with the water problems that loom from projected climate change, population growth, food production, increased industrialization, and ecosystem needs.