Dissolving differences: Law and water's role in legitimizing global hierarchies

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dc.contributor.advisorGibson, John
dc.contributor.authorKrohn, David
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-27T11:04:24Z
dc.date.available2025-10-27T11:04:24Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.updated2025-10-27T11:00:36Z
dc.description.abstractWe live under the false illusion that there is an infinite supply of water on earth. In reality, quantities of available freshwater have remained constant for at least 2000 years while the global population has increased 33 fold during this same period. Rainfall remains the only form of renewable water resource and recycles around 45000 km3 of water per year, yet the world's population rises by around 85 million people per annum. Worryingly, World Bank estimates postulate a 56% increase in demand by 2025. As a result, the available quantity of water per capita is steadily decreasing and more than five million people, most of them children die every year from illnesses caused by drinking poor quality water. While at least one billion lack any access to clean water, North Americans use about 5,000 litres of water per person per day.
dc.identifier.apacitationKrohn, D. (2008). <i>Dissolving differences: Law and water's role in legitimizing global hierarchies</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Marine and Environmental Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42042en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKrohn, David. <i>"Dissolving differences: Law and water's role in legitimizing global hierarchies."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42042en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKrohn, D. 2008. Dissolving differences: Law and water's role in legitimizing global hierarchies. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Marine and Environmental Law. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42042en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Krohn, David AB - We live under the false illusion that there is an infinite supply of water on earth. In reality, quantities of available freshwater have remained constant for at least 2000 years while the global population has increased 33 fold during this same period. Rainfall remains the only form of renewable water resource and recycles around 45000 km3 of water per year, yet the world's population rises by around 85 million people per annum. Worryingly, World Bank estimates postulate a 56% increase in demand by 2025. As a result, the available quantity of water per capita is steadily decreasing and more than five million people, most of them children die every year from illnesses caused by drinking poor quality water. While at least one billion lack any access to clean water, North Americans use about 5,000 litres of water per person per day. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Law KW - Water LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Dissolving differences: Law and water's role in legitimizing global hierarchies TI - Dissolving differences: Law and water's role in legitimizing global hierarchies UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42042 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/42042
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKrohn D. Dissolving differences: Law and water's role in legitimizing global hierarchies. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42042en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentInstitute of Marine and Environmental Law
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectLaw
dc.subjectWater
dc.titleDissolving differences: Law and water's role in legitimizing global hierarchies
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMPhil
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