The Future of Public Water Governance
Has Water Privatization Peaked?
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The Future of Public Water Governance
Has Water Privatization Peaked?
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Citation Information
- 1. Water governance after the privatization era
- 2. Changing paradigms in water and sanitation services in Argentina: towards a sustainable model?
- 3. The remunicipalization of Parisian water services: new challenges for local authorities and policy implications
- 4. A pragmatic approach to multiple water use coordination in Chile
- 5. Hydroelectric power generation in Chile: an institutional critique of the neutrality of market mechanisms
- 6. The global commodification of wastewater
- 7. The role of the public and private sectors in water provision in Arizona, USA
- 8. Virtual water hegemony: the role of agribusiness in global water governance
- 9. Does corporate agribusiness have a positive role in global food and water security?
- 10. Private-sector participation in water service provision: revealing governance gaps
- 11. Privatization and water service provision in the United States: a recommendation for expanded oversight and the development and adoption of best practices
- 12. Access to water in a Nairobi slum: women’s work and institutional learning
- 13. Basic issues revisited and experiences in the provision of water for all
- 14. Intermittent water supplies: challenges and opportunities for residential water users in Jordan
- 15. The resilience of public water governance: outlook and lessons learned
- Index