Abstract
Water is one of the most valuable natural resources on Earth as it represents the source of life itself. Reserves of fresh water on the planet are limited. The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the importance of its preservation through a discussion of water access and human rights. The chapter interprets contemporary water related issues from a green criminology perspective by exploring how trends such was water privatisation affect its quality and who has access to it.
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White, R., & Eman, K. (2020). Green Criminology, Water Issues, Human Rights and Private Profit. In Water, Governance, and Crime Issues (pp. 3–15). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44798-4_1
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