SPECIAL ISSUE
Water law crossing borders - new approaches in classic water law issues across Europe, China and beyond
Edited by
PROFESSOR MARLEEN van RISJWICK
Director, Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
PROFESSOR PATRICIA WOUTERS
Xiamen School of Law, Founding Director, China International Water Law Programme

INTRODUCTION
PROFESSOR MARLEEN van RISJWICK and PROFESSOR PATRICIA WOUTERS

ARTICLES
The Normative Perspective
Poverty reduction and the human right to water and sanitation in rural north China
TAO WANG
China International Water Law, Xiamen International Water Law Research Group, Xiamen University

A human right to water while the well runs dry: analysing the legal and regulatory framework of Yemen water law
DAPHINA MISIEDJAN, MARLEEN VAN RIJSWICK AND ALBERTO TJEN A KWOEI
Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University

Sustainable development in China's international and domestic water law
OTTO SPIJKERS
Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University
XIAN LI
School of Law, Utrecht University
LIPING DAI
Wuhan University; Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University

The Institutional Perspective
The Dragon as part of transboundary basin 'villages': community of interests and international law in China
FLAVIA ROCHA LOURES
Xiamen University, China International Water Law (CIWL)

The adaptiveness of Dutch water law put to the test: water scarcity in a water-rich country
ANDREA KEESSEN AND WOUTER ERNST
Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University

The Regulatory Perspective
Identifying and understanding the main challenges for sustainable water resource management in China
LIPING DAI
Wuhan University; Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University

Compensation of damages within a systematic approach to large-scale water and infrastructure projects
G M van den BROEK
Assistant Professor, Utrecht University

Position paper

Paradoxes of the EU regulatory framework in water management: developing an assessment framework to put the governance approach to the test
E J H PLAMBECK
Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University

Position paper

EU legal barriers to innovative forms of energy production: analysis based on water-related case studies
SANDER VAN HEES
Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University