Water: A human right or an economic resource?

Water Ethics: Marcelino Botin Water Forum 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 97-113

  Da Cunha, Luis Veiga ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Economic resource; Globalization; Governance; Human right; Poverty; Privatization; Value and cost; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 85121492547     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203875438-15     Document Type: Chapter

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