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This chapter focuses on the historical trajectory of Rhône transboundary governance. It offers an in-depth analysis of how governance of the river has evolved in Switzerland, in France and at the transboundary level. Analysing this development helps to identify trends in the territorial governance of the river and the increasing complexity of the system as a result of growing recognition of new types of water use.

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    Mémorial des séances du Grand Conseil de la République et canton de Genève [Gazette of Sessions of the Grand Council of Geneva], 1882, pp. 1665–1676.

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    See Chapter 4 for a more substantial analysis of the Acte intercantonal concernant la correction et la régularisation de l’écoulement des eaux du Léman.

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     Article R436-49.

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     L2 05.01, Articles 45–49.

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  1. UNESCO Chair on hydropolitics, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Christian Bréthaut

  2. UNESCO Chair on hydropolitics, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Géraldine Pflieger

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Bréthaut, C., Pflieger, G. (2020). From Local Uses Towards Appropriation by Nation-States. In: Governance of a Transboundary River. Palgrave Studies in Water Governance: Policy and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19554-0_3

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