Roth, D.Boelens, R.Zwarteveen, M.2016-04-192016-04-192005978-0-8135-3674-3 (hardcover)978-0-8135-3765-0 (paperback)http://hdl.handle.net/10919/67560Metadata only recordThe introductory chapter to a book on water relations, the article opens with a critique of the modern tendency to embrace a universal rights-based framework for conceptualizing water provision. Roth, et al. argue that water use is an intensely local issue that merits address through contextually adapted solutions. The chapter moves on to a discussion of water policy, water use, and solutions to water disputes on a more general scale.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightWater policyWater managementLocal policyWater useIrrigationWater rightsWater rightsWater resource managementLegal pluralismAbstractCopyright 2005 by Dik Roth, Rutgerd Boelens and Margreet Zwarteveen