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This chapter presents an analysis of the process of transformation of international initiatives for drought management into real regulations at the national and international levels, revising the current situation of legal and institutional systems dealing with drought management in the Mediterranean basin: Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Spain and Tunisia. Based on the existence of such documents and according to the analysis of the institutional and legislative frameworks of the selected countries, this chapter proposes a further step in the development of new preventive and reactive policies in the Mediterranean area through the creation of a uniform principle code for drought management in the Mediterranean area. The proposed code would incorporate all the regional and international agreements dealing with drought management under the legislative figure of a soft law. The selection of this legislative figure is the next logical step in the evolution of legislation development aiming at the adequate management of drought in the Mediterranean area, just as described in this chapter.
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López-Barrero, E., Iglesias, A. (2009). Soft Law Principles for Improving Drought Management in Mediterranean Countries. In: Iglesias, A., Cancelliere, A., Wilhite, D.A., Garrote, L., Cubillo, F. (eds) Coping with Drought Risk in Agriculture and Water Supply Systems. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9045-5_2
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