Resources / The Dublin Principles for Water as Reflected in a Comparative Assessment of Institutional and Legal Arrangements for Integrated Water Resources Management

Summary

The Dublin Principles were an attempt to concisely state the main issues and thrust of water management. The purpose of this report is to analyze the relationship between the 1992 Dublin Principles, integrated water management, and water law. It identifies how the Dublin Principles about water reflect, coincide, or agree with practices and principles accepted by water legislation and institutions in a number of countries. It is organized according to the four guiding principles for water resulting from the Dublin Statement: fresh water is a finite and vulnerable resource; water development and management should be based on a participatory approach; women play a central part in the provision, management, and safeguarding of water; and water has an economic value and should be recognized as an economic good.