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Global Goal Setting and the Human Right to Water

"The potential value of the human right to water to the success of global water goals is thus its ability to both highlight these values and accord priority to issues of equality, participation, and the redistribution of power. ..." – By Cristy Clark
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How Perceptions of Risks Affect Responses to Climate Change: Implications for Water Resource Planning

"The nexus between risk perception and risk response in the context of water resource management at the individual, household, community, and institutional level has been subject of a large body of theoretical and empirical studies from around the globe. ..." – By Sonia Akter and Shaleen Khanal
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