The Future Of Public Water Governance
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Author |
: Christopher A. Scott |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2024-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781040277515 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1040277519 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Future of Public Water Governance by : Christopher A. Scott
The privatization of water supply and wastewater systems, together with institutional restructuring of governance – through decentralization and the penetration of global firms in local and regional markets – have been promoted as solutions to increase economic efficiency and achieve universal water supply and sanitation coverage. Yet a significant share of service provision and water resources development remains the responsibility of public authorities. The chapters in this book – with case evidence from Argentina, Chile, France, the USA, and other countries – address critical questions that dominate the international agenda on public versus private utilities, service provision, regulations, and resource development. This book presents varied perspectives – largely complementary but at times contrasting – on public and private governance of water. Public authority in general is being reasserted over service provision, while resource development and investments in infrastructure continue as a mix of public and private initiatives. But more important, increased oversight and regulation of market-based initiatives that until recently were touted as panaceas for water supply and sanitation are increasingly being reconsidered on the basis of social equity, environmental, and public health concerns. This book was based on the special issue of Water International.
Author |
: Cecilia Tortajada |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 202 |
Release |
: 2013-09-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317985563 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317985567 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Improving Water Policy and Governance by : Cecilia Tortajada
Old forms of governance in both public and private sectors are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of rapidly changing conditions. Because of these changes, both governance processes and the scope of the institutions through which power is exercised throughout society may have to undergo a radical break with the past and prevailing models of governance. Water sector is an integral part of the global system. Consequently, its governance processes and the institutions responsible for its management must change as well in order to cope with the current challenges and potential future changes. Because of these current and future changes, water governance may have to change more during the next 20 years compared to the past 2000 years, if societal expectations are to be successfully met. All these changes will make water governance more complex than ever before witnessed in human history. Improving water governance will require good and objective analyses of case studies from different parts of the world as to what has worked, why and the enabling environments under which good governance has been possible. The present volume analyses case studies of good water governance from different parts of the world, and for different water use sectors. It concludes with an analysis of the critical issues that should be considered for water governance and a priority research agenda for improving water governance in the future. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.
Author |
: Joyce Valdovinos |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 199 |
Release |
: 2021-08-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000426663 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000426661 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Transnational Corporations in Urban Water Governance by : Joyce Valdovinos
This book examines the role played by business in urban water governance by analyzing the evolution of the global private water sector along with four public-private partnerships in Mexico and the U.S. The local nature of water services often hides the global developments behind the rise of transnational water corporations, which have gone from being local operators to becoming dynamic and powerful actors within an interconnected transnational space for water. This book focuses on the French groups Veolia and Suez, two of the most prominent private actors in global water governance, and the development and adaptation strategies of both companies in the cities of Aguascalientes, Mexico City, Atlanta, and Milwaukee over the past 30 years. Drawing on over 100 interviews conducted with corporate executives, public authorities, and local users of water services, this book moves beyond the simplistic dichotomy of the public-private debate and develops a theoretical framework that analyzes the economic and political power wielded by transnational business actors in global water governance. Not only does the book explain how Veolia and Suez strategically mobilize resources at difference scales in order to expand their global operations, but it also provides a nuanced picture of how state regulation remains of central importance to understanding the dynamics and evolution of the global water sector. Students and scholars interested in business and the environment, including public-private partnerships, business management and transnational corporations, and water governance, will find this book of great interest as will professionals and policymakers working in these fields.
Author |
: Alejandro Omar Iza |
Publisher |
: IUCN |
Total Pages |
: 130 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9782831710273 |
ISBN-13 |
: 2831710278 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rule by : Alejandro Omar Iza
Effective water governance capacity is the foundation of efficient management of water resources. Water governance reform processes must work towards building capacity in a cohesive and articulated approach that links national policies, laws and institutions, within an enabling environment that allows for their implementation. This guide shows how national water reform processes can deliver good water governance, by focussing on the principles and practice of reform. RULE guides managers and decision makers on a journey which provides an overview of what makes good law, policy and institutions, and the steps needed to build a coherent and fully operational water governance structure.
Author |
: Neelke Doorn |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 314 |
Release |
: 2019-10-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781786609526 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1786609525 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Water Ethics by : Neelke Doorn
While the interdependence of the different aspects of water security and the relevance of ethical and distributive aspects is acknowledged in both policy circles and academia, a comprehensive introduction to water ethics is still missing. This book aims to fill that gap, by exploring the common thread that follows from three current interrelated debates: the allocation of water resources, the human right to water, and the commodification and privatisation of water services. These questions create a plea for alternatives to the predominantly consequentialist approach to dealing with water issues. The author explores the normative and ethical aspects of flood and water-related risks, and looks at the topic of responsibility: who should be responsible for correcting inequities, or taking remedial action in the case of pollution? These and other questions to be linked to ongoing discussion in other disciplines within philosophy, such as environmental ethics, climate ethics, the ethics of technology and climate justice, making this text important across a wide range of courses for upper undergraduate and graduate students.
Author |
: Nicole J. Wilson |
Publisher |
: MDPI |
Total Pages |
: 334 |
Release |
: 2019-10-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783039215607 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3039215604 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Water Governance: Retheorizing Politics by : Nicole J. Wilson
This republished Special Issue highlights recent and emergent concepts and approaches to water governance that re-centers the political in relation to water-related decision making, use, and management. To do so at once is to focus on diverse ontologies, meanings and values of water, and related contestations regarding its use, or its importance for livelihoods, identity, or place-making. Building on insights from science and technology studies, feminist, and postcolonial approaches, we engage broadly with the ways that water-related decision making is often depoliticized and evacuated of political content or meaning—and to what effect. Key themes that emerged from the contributions include the politics of water infrastructure and insecurity; participatory politics and multi-scalar governance dynamics; politics related to emergent technologies of water (bottled or packaged water, and water desalination); and Indigenous water governance.
Author |
: Kees van Leeuwen |
Publisher |
: MDPI |
Total Pages |
: 316 |
Release |
: 2019-08-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783039211500 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3039211501 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Challenges of Water Management and Governance in Cities by : Kees van Leeuwen
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue The Challenges of Water Management and Governance in Cities that was published in Water
Author |
: Neil S. Grigg |
Publisher |
: American Water Works Association |
Total Pages |
: 315 |
Release |
: 2011-01-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781613000724 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1613000723 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Total Water Management by : Neil S. Grigg
"Total Water Management: Practices for a Sustainable Future offers to water utility managers and others involved in the water industry powerful and urgently needed tools to balance needs of water management and the environment. This book serves as an instruction manual for integrating the water needs of society and the environment. It is about the balance between our responsibilities to provide safe and reliable water services and to protect the environment."--Jacket
Author |
: David Groenfeldt |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 208 |
Release |
: 2013-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136241086 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136241086 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Water Ethics by : David Groenfeldt
This book introduces the idea that ethics are an intrinsic dimension of any water policy, program, or practice, and that understanding what ethics are being acted out in water policies is fundamental to an understanding of water resource management. Thus in controversies or conflicts over water resource allocation and use, an examination of ethics can help clarify the positions of conflicting parties as preparation for constructive negotiations. The author shows the benefits of exposing tacit values and motivations and subjecting these to explicit public scrutiny where the values themselves can be debated. The aim of such a process is to create the proverbial 'level playing field', where values favoring environmental sustainability are considered in relation to values favoring short-term exploitation for quick economic stimulus (the current problem) or quick protection from water disasters (through infrastructure which science suggests is not sustainable). The book shows how new technologies, such as drip irrigation, or governance structures, such as river basin organizations are neither "good" nor "bad" in their own right, but can serve a range of interests which are guided by ethics. A new ethic of coexistence and synergies with nature is possible, but ultimately depends not on science, law, or finances but on the values we choose to adopt. The book includes a wide range of case studies from countries including Australia, India, Philippines, South Africa and USA. These cover various contexts including water for agriculture, urban, domestic and industrial use, the rights of indigenous people and river, watershed and ecosystem management.
Author |
: Sharon B. Megdal |
Publisher |
: MDPI |
Total Pages |
: 371 |
Release |
: 2018-07-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783038424468 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3038424463 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Water Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, and Sustainable Water Resources Management by : Sharon B. Megdal
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Water Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, and Sustainable Water Resources Management" that was published in Water