Ensuring that everybody has access to drinking water, sanitation
and enough nutritious food, which depends on water to grow it, are
prerequisites for a healthy life. Water management is not just
about the technical aspects of water supply and sanitation. It is
equally about our water governance systems, including policies,
regulation and societal perception of water rights. This book
presents many helpful examples of how different societies are
dealing with these issues and of the performance of public and
private sector players in this important arena.' - Colin Chartres,
International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri
Lanka'I congratulate the Institute of Water Policy, the two editors
and the contributors for a very thoughtful book on urban water
governance. Our objective is to deliver sustainable water and
sanitation services to our people. This book contains useful
lessons on how to achieve that objective.' - Tommy Koh, Chairman,
Governing Council, Asia-Pacific Water Forum This insightful book
explores urban water governance challenges in different parts of
the world and highlights the advantages and disadvantages of
publicly run, privatized, and public-private partnership managed
water facilities. The contributors expertly discuss various types
of public and private water governance architectures as well as
identifying the trends, challenges, opportunities and the shifts in
perceptions with regard to the provision of water supply services.
Many chapters are dedicated to analyzing the urban water supply
scenarios in selected countries, with specific focus on legal,
policy and institutional frameworks. The study reveals that while
private sector participation has been largely promoted by
multilateral institutions as part of institutional and financial
reforms, ultimately governments bear the major responsibility for
provision of water supply services either as 'service provider' or
as 'regulator and policy-maker'. Containing a detailed overview and
analysis of the global urban water supply sector, this timely book
will strongly appeal to academics, researchers and university
students following water-related courses. Water sector
professionals, water regulators and public officers as well as
managers and researchers employed by private sector water operators
will also find plenty of invaluable information in this important
resource. Contributors include: A. Akintoye, L. Bhullar, E. Chong,
C. Dewan, S. Ferdous Hoque, V. Garcia, A. Gunawansa, A. Kajenthira,
A. Mahalingham, C. Menard, S. Murthy, A. Naser, B. Olmos Giuponni,
M. Paddon, E. Perard, S. Renukappa, R. Tiong, H. Tropp, A. Wong, S.
Zheng
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