This book provides a fresh conceptualisation of water security, developing an operational methodology for identifying the four core elements of water security which must be addressed by international law: availability; access; adaptability; and ambit.
Bjørn-Oliver Magsig is a Lecturer in Law at University College Cork (Ireland) where he focuses on international environmental law, law of the sea and the links between natural resources, international security and equity. He teaches Public International Law, Contemporary Issues in International Law, International Environmental Law and Law of the Sea and has been appointed Programme Director of the LLM in Marine and Maritime Law. Bjørn-Oliver has lead various interdisciplinary projects revolving around the socio-legal challenges of managing transboundary natural resources, serves on the Managing Board of the European Environmental Law Forum (EELF) and is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.
1. Introduction 2. Water Security: Conceptualising a Buzzword 3. International Law in the Water Security Discourse 4. Hydrosolidarity: The Answer to State-Centrism? 5. Regional Common Concern: The Legal Foundation for Common Water Security 6. Water Security in Himalayan Asia 7. Conclusion