@article{701e909d5d0643ecb720e7f033a3546a,
title = "La gestion {\'e}conomique de l{\textquoteright}eau souterraine par le droit de propri{\'e}t{\'e} au Qu{\'e}bec",
abstract = "The constant increase in anthropogenic uses compounded by pollution and modifications in hydrological patterns due to climate change lead to water resources scarcity. In this context, economic management is often portrayed as a means for improved water governance. This article studies the relationship between economic management and property ownership over water resources. Groundwater is the specific focus of discussion given that it is traditionally perceived as an object of private property in Quebec. First, it is established that property can indeed provide a legal framework for economic management of water resources at the theoretical level. Hence, inasmuch as it applies to groundwater, property allows for economic management of the resource in Quebec. However, the study of the legal framework related to property demonstrates that groundwater is never an object of ownership, whether private, public or common. Rather, groundwater is a res communis. As a result, economic management of groundwater through property rights is impossible in Quebec.",
keywords = "Water governance, Water resources, Quebec, Groundwater",
author = "Hugo Tremblay",
note = " dc.publisher: Universite de Sherbrooke dc.title.alternative: Economic management of groundwater resources through property rights in Qu{\'e}bec ",
year = "2008",
language = "French",
volume = "38",
pages = "483--539",
journal = "Revue de Droit de l{\textquoteright}Universit{\'e} Sherbrooke",
issn = "0317-9656",
number = "2",
}