IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/rwinxx/v42y2017i5p505-526.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Specification of a human right to water: a sustainability assessment of access hurdles

Author

Listed:
  • Erik Gawel
  • Wolfgang Bretschneider

Abstract

Any implementation of the right to water requires a sound specification. For that purpose, this article offers an innovative analytical framework. First, the object of the analysis should be the hurdles to access (pecuniary, spatial, temporal, qualitative), not least because they partly fulfil sustainability functions. Second, these hurdles need to be assessed on the basis of three criteria: functionality, reasonableness and non-discrimination. This framework allows the identification of supply situations that infringe upon the right to water, provides starting points for improving access, and honours the commitment of the Sustainable Development Goals to take equal account of social and sustainability concerns.

Suggested Citation

  • Erik Gawel & Wolfgang Bretschneider, 2017. "Specification of a human right to water: a sustainability assessment of access hurdles," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(5), pages 505-526, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:42:y:2017:i:5:p:505-526
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2017.1342062
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/02508060.2017.1342062
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/02508060.2017.1342062?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Bretschneider, Wolfgang, 2017. "Das Menschenrecht auf Wasser als Allokationsproblem," Ökonomische Studien, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, edition 1, volume 3, number urn:isbn:9783161552991.
    2. Bretschneider, Wolfgang, 2017. "Das Menschenrecht auf Wasser als Allokationsproblem," Ökonomische Studien, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, edition 1, volume 3, number urn:isbn:9783161555435.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi & Ganesh Devkar & Sriharini Narayanan & Reeba Devaraj & Akshaya Ayyangar & A. Thillai Rajan, 2022. "WASH for all: A systematic review of Physiological and Sociological Characterization Framework segmentation in WASH policies, programmes, and projects," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 40(3), May.
    2. Raphael Karutz & Ines Omann & Steven M. Gorelick & Christian J. A. Klassert & Heinrich Zozmann & Yuanzao Zhu & Sigrun Kabisch & Annegret Kindler & Anjuli Jain Figueroa & Ankun Wang & Karin Küblböck & , 2022. "Capturing Stakeholders’ Challenges of the Food–Water–Energy Nexus—A Participatory Approach for Pune and the Bhima Basin, India," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-24, April.
    3. Heinrich Zozmann & Alexander Morgan & Christian Klassert & Bernd Klauer & Erik Gawel, 2022. "Can Tanker Water Services Contribute to Sustainable Access to Water? A Systematic Review of Case Studies in Urban Areas," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-27, September.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.

      More about this item

      Statistics

      Access and download statistics

      Corrections

      All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:42:y:2017:i:5:p:505-526. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

      If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

      If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

      If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

      For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/rwin20 .

      Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

      IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.