A sweeping, policy-oriented account of the private and public
management of the world's essential natural resource. Governments
dominated water management throughout the twentieth century. Tasked
with ensuring a public supply of clean, safe, reliable, and
affordable water, governmental agencies controlled water
administration in most of the world. They built the dams,
reservoirs, and aqueducts that store water when available and move
that water to areas with increasing populations and economies.
Private businesses sometimes played a part in managing water, but
typically in a supporting position as consultants or contractors.
Today, given the global need for innovative new technologies,
institutions, and financing to solve the freshwater crisis, private
businesses and markets are playing a rapidly expanding role,
bringing both new approaches and new challenges to a historically
public field. In Liquid Asset, Barton H. Thompson, Jr. examines the
growing position of the private sector in the "business of water."
Thompson seeks to understand the private sector's involvement in
meeting the water needs of both humans and the environment, looks
at the potential risks that growing private involvement poses to
the public interest in water, and considers the obstacles that
private organizations face in trying to participate in a
traditionally governmental sector. Thompson provides a richly
detailed analysis to foster both improved public policy and
responsible business behavior. As the book demonstrates, the story
of private businesses and water offers a window into the serious
challenges facing freshwater today, and their potential solutions.
General
Imprint: |
Stanford University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Barton H Thompson
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5036-3241-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5036-3241-5 |
Barcode: |
9781503632417 |
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