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Water Services Management and Governance focuses on water services
(water supply, wastewater services) and deals with connections
between water resources and services and water resources. It covers
water supply mainly in urban communities, sanitation and pollution
control and water resources and their linkages to water services.
This book is divided in to four key sections relating to governance
frameworks, technology and socio-ecological interactions,
government and governance, and long terms policies. The chapters
analyse the complexity of the water services sector based on a
historical analysis of developments within the sector. The
underlying conviction is that only by understanding past trends,
processes and developments can the current situation in the water
services be understood. Only through this understanding can
policies for sustainable water services in the future be
formulated. The four key sections relate to governance frameworks,
technology and socio-ecological interactions, government and
governance, and long terms policies. Water Services Management and
Governance raises awareness that an understanding of the past is a
necessity to explore potential, probable and preferable futures. It
is an essential basis for water sector reforms in any country,
region or community. The book is written for experts in water
utilities, ministries, municipalities, NGOs, donor agencies,
private companies and regulators; as well as students and
researchers in water policy and governance, and the management of
water resources, services and infrastructure. EDITORS Dr. Petri S.
Juuti is a historian, and Adjunct Professor in the universities of
Tampere, Oulu and Turku. Tapio S. Katko, Civil engineer, Adjunct
Professor, UNESCO Chairholder in Sustainable Water Services at
Tampere University of Technology, Finland. Klaas Schwartz, Senior
Lecturer, Urban Water Governance in the Department of Integrated
Water Systems and Governance at the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water
Education, Delft, the Netherlands. Assistant Editor: Riikka P.
Rajala, Environmental Engineer, Post-Doctoral researcher in
University of Tampere, Finland. REVIEWS "This welcome addition to
the literature on water governance is a timely, thorough, and
practical set of assessments of management challenges facing water
service providers around the world. The diverse set of case
studies, many of which focus on reforms to water supply provision,
will be of interest to students and practitioners alike." KAREN
BAKKER, Professor/Canada Research Chair, Director of the Program on
Water Governance, The University of British Columbia "The anthology
makes a very useful contribution to speed up the slow political
awakening of reaching universal water services coverage: The lack
of water services is in most cases not due to shortages of water,
money and technologies, it is rather about poor governance. It
provides many different insights from various cultural and
political contexts and outlines and explains current changes in the
governance architectures of water supply and sanitation." DR. HAKAN
TROPP, Director, Water Governance Facility, Stockholm International
Water Institute (SIWI)
The World Water Development Report 2003 pointed out the extensive
problem that: 'Sadly, the tragedy of the water crisis is not simply
a result of lack of water but is, essentially, one of poor water
governance.' Cross-sectional and historical intra-national and
international comparisons have been recognized as a valuable method
of study in different sectors of human life, including technologies
and governance. Environmental History of Water fills this gap, with
its main focus being on water and sanitation services and their
evolution. Altogether 34 authors have written 30 chapters for this
multidisciplinary book which divides into four chronological parts,
from ancient cultures to the challenges of the 21st century, each
with its introduction and conclusions written by the editors. The
authors represent such disciplines as history of technology,
history of public health, public policy, development studies,
sociology, engineering and management sciences. This book
emphasizes that the history of water and sanitation services is
strongly linked to current water management and policy issues, as
well as future implications. Geographically the book consists of
local cases from all inhabited continents. The key penetrating
themes of the book include especially population growth, health,
water consumption, technological choices and governance. There is
great need for general, long-term analysis at the global level.
Lessons learned from earlier societies help us to understand the
present crisis and challenges. This new book, Environmental History
of Water, provides this analysis by studying these lessons.
Resilient Water Services and Systems: The Foundation of Well-Being
provides an overarching framework on water and sanitation services
and how they are coping with resilience, aging infrastructure and
climate change. The Editors present conceptual evidence about
resilience backed by case studies that demonstrate resilience in
practice. There are 13 case studies, from Asia, Africa, Europe and
North and South America, providing informative perspectives from
around the world. This is a timely collection of historic and
contemporary evidence that will have increasing relevance in the
coming decades. This volume will be of relevance to both scholars
and practitioners. "Resilient water services are the key to water
security across the world. Sustaining them is a challenging task in
high-income countries where aging infrastructure is a critical
issue, and in low-income countries where new infrastructure is
needed and ability-to-pay is a more formidable barrier to success.
The editors have compiled a succinct analysis and assembled case
studies that cover diverse regions and contexts. From this book the
reader will gain a wealth of knowledge about water services, as
well as rich vicarious experiences from the cases." Neil Grigg,
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State
University, USA
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