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The Political Economy of Water and Sanitation

Author : Matthias Krause
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135846103
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Water and Sanitation written by Matthias Krause and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to recent estimates, around 6,000 people – mostly children under five – die every day from diseases caused by inappropriate water and sanitation (WS) services. Much of the academic and political debate surrounding this issue has focused on private sector participation. By shifting the attention towards the influence of governance, Krause examines the political and sectoral institutions that are essential for the provision of WS services. Utilizing data from sixty-nine developing countries, Matthias Krause demonstrates that the level of democracy has a statistically significant positive impact on access to WS services and that low-quality governance of sub-national governments compromises the internal efficiency of providers and the widespread access to services. This book makes a critical contribution to the water and sanitation research and will help academics and policy-makers to rethink the way in which they deal with water issues.

The Political Economy of Water Governance. Exploring the Water Situation in Southeast Asia and South Africa

Author : Maria Victoria Dariano
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668288615
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (682 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Water Governance. Exploring the Water Situation in Southeast Asia and South Africa written by Maria Victoria Dariano and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Politics - Other International Politics Topics, University of the Philippines (Philippine Military Academy), course: Master of Arts in Social and Development Studies, language: English, abstract: Investing in water and sanitation access is creating improvements to livelihood, environmental health, and service provision. However, reports released by the United Nations Development Group on 17 January 2007 inform the public about the devastating situation of our water resources that is now affecting the entire population’s access to safe drinking water and sanitation. The United Nations released a press statement exposing the fact that Asia is home to 71% of the total number of people in the world without access to improved sanitation and 58% of those without access to safe water (2005). As of 2002 based on the MDG target No. 10, the UNICEF reports that 4 out of 10 people in the world don't have access even to a simple latrine, 2 in 10 have no source of safe drinking water, and more than 3 million children die every year caused by waterborne diseases. (Witoelar) Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and, therefore, a basic human right. This is the very nature why there is a need to revisit materials pertaining to the water governance of countries. This paper will focus on the political economy of water governance in Southeast Asia and South Africa.

The Political Economy of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries

Author : Matthias Krause
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (244 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries written by Matthias Krause and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Political Economy of Water and Sanitation

Author : Matthias Krause
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135846111
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Water and Sanitation written by Matthias Krause and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-02 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in human development are closely linked to increasing access to water and sanitation (WS) services in developing countries. Utilizing data from 69 nations, Krause argues that the level of democratic governance has a statistically significant positive impact on access to WS services, from influencing policy-making to managing providers.

The Political Economy of Urban Water Security under Climate Change

Author : Larry Swatuk
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031081080
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Urban Water Security under Climate Change written by Larry Swatuk and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2018, the city of Cape Town faced the prospect of reaching ‘day zero’, that is a combination of natural and human-made factors leading to the complete collapse of its municipal water supply. While the rains eventually fell and a major disaster was averted, the fear of running out of water looms large in the psyche of residents in many cities around the world. Water is a non-substitutable, essential, finite and fugitive resource. It is the lifeblood of human endeavour. Cities, through global processes such as Agenda 2030 and forums such as ICLEI exchange best practices for achieving water security. These forums also are collective social spaces occupied by civil society organizations who share strategies and tactics, and the private sector, who compete for markets and contracts, promoting patent-protected technologies. It is these groups – states, civil societies, private sectors – coming together who determine who gets what water, when, and where. It is the job of academics to understand the how and why, and of (academic-)activists to fight for equity of access and sustainability of use. Evidence drawn from around the world and over time consistently shows that water flows toward money and power. Outcomes are too-often socially inequitable, environmentally unsustainable and economically inefficient. How to shift existing processes toward improved practices is not clear, but positive outcomes do exist. In this collection, we compare and contrast the challenges and opportunities for achieving urban water security with a focus on 11 major world cities: Bangalore, Beijing, Cairo, Cape Town, Chennai, Istanbul, Jakarta, London, Melbourne, Sao Paulo and Tokyo. Through the theoretical, conceptual and practical insights provided in these case studies, our collection constructively contributes to a global conversation regarding the ways and means of ‘avoiding day zero’.

Water Science, Policy and Management

Author : Simon James Dadson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119520606
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Water Science, Policy and Management written by Simon James Dadson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an in-depth look at science, policy and management in the water sector across the globe Sustainable water management is an increasingly complex challenge and policy priority facing global society. This book examines how governments, municipalities, corporations, and individuals find sustainable water management pathways across competing priorities of water for ecosystems, food, energy, economic growth and human consumption. It looks at the current politics and economics behind the management of our freshwater ecosystems and infrastructure and offers insightful essays that help stimulate more intense and informed debate about the subject and its need for local and international cooperation. This book celebrates the 15-year anniversary of Oxford University’s MSc course in Water Science, Policy and Management. Edited and written by some of the leading minds in the field, writing alongside alumni from the course, Water Science, Policy and Management: A Global Challenge offers in-depth chapters in three parts: Science; Policy; and Management. Topics cover: hydroclimatic extremes and climate change; the past, present, and future of groundwater resources; water quality modelling, monitoring, and management; and challenges for freshwater ecosystems. The book presents critical views on the monitoring and modelling of hydrological processes; the rural water policy in Africa and Asia; the political economy of wastewater in Europe; drought policy management and water allocation. It also examines the financing of water infrastructure; the value of wastewater; water resource planning; sustainable urban water supply and the human right to water. Features perspectives from some of the world’s leading experts on water policy and management Identifies and addresses current and future water sector challenges Charts water policy trends across a rapidly evolving set of challenges in a variety of global areas Covers the reallocation of water; policy process of risk management; the future of the world’s water under global environmental change; and more Water Science, Policy and Management: A Global Challenge is an essential book for policy makers and government agencies involved in water management, and for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying water science, governance, and policy.

The Oxford Handbook of Water Politics and Policy

Author : Ken Conca
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199335087
Total Pages : 713 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Water Politics and Policy written by Ken Conca and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online. For more information, please read the site FAQs.

Water Politics and Development Cooperation

Author : Waltina Scheumann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 354076707X
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Water Politics and Development Cooperation written by Waltina Scheumann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-22 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of the political sphere for understanding and solving water sector problems is the basic rationale of this book, which is the outcome of the Fifth Dialogues on Water, organised at the German Development Institute, Bonn. These dialogues, unlike earlier ones, focused on the political processes of policy formulation and the strategic behaviour of the actors involved. Specific attention is devoted to implications for development cooperation.

The Political Economy of Water

Author : Kyle Ross Mitchell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (141 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Water written by Kyle Ross Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The struggle over water has been historically contentious. This struggle is defined by a struggle over the right to water. The right to water is steeped in a world of legal relations wrapped up in the complex property arrangements that comprise the global economy. These globally constituted arrangements impact water supply at a local level; yet, on a more fundamental level, these property arrangements reflect the dominant mode of production. By way of neoliberal policy reform economic globalisation increasingly encloses all aspects of social reproduction, including water and sanitation services (WSS). As private property increasingly becomes the prevailing form of property of the global economy common or collective rights and institutions are eclipsed. Although resistance to neoliberalism is widespread and diverse civil society within liberal democracies is comprised of competing and contradictory interests that mitigate against cooperative or shared appeals to a water commons. Diametrically opposed class interests increasingly invoke the language of the water commons when staking claim to water thereby raising critical questions concerning both the nature of the so-called water commons and the efficacy of such an approach. This thesis offers a radical critique of the idea of the water commons, one consisting of a comprehensive understanding of rights within the broader context of liberal democracy: that is, how the struggle over the right to water is defined by broader unequal property relations that characterize the capitalist mode of production. By way of a political economy critique this thesis offers a holistic and robust theoretical understanding of the struggle over the right to water by reinvigorating the question of property in the context of competing conceptualisations of water commons discourse.

Introduction To The Economics Of Water Resources

Author : Stephen Merrett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135362068
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Introduction To The Economics Of Water Resources written by Stephen Merrett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise treatment of water-resource economics. Based upon political economy perspectives, it draws upon a range of case-studies - Third- World, developed world, and former communist countries - to cover many issues. There is guidance on

Water and Sanitation Services

Author : Jose Esteban Castro
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136548807
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Water and Sanitation Services written by Jose Esteban Castro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Substantially reducing the number of human beings who lack access to clean water and safe sanitation is one of the key Millennium Development Goals. This book argues and demonstrates that this can only be achieved by a better integration of the technical and social science approaches in the search for improved organization and delivery of these essential services. It presents a historical analysis of the development of water and sanitation services in both developed and developing countries, which provides valuable lessons for overcoming the obstacles facing the universalization of these services. Among the key lessons emerging from the historical analysis are the organizational and institutional diversity characterizing the development of water and sanitation internationally, and the central role played by the public sector, particularly local authorities, in such development. It also explores the historical role played by cooperatives and other non-profit institutions in reaching rural and peri-urban areas, as well as the emergence of new forms of organization and provision, particularly in poor countries, where aid and development agencies have been promoting the self-organization of water systems by local communities. The book provides a critical exploration of these different institutional options, including the interaction between the public and private sectors, and the irreplaceable role of public funding as a condition for success. The book is divided into two parts: the first reviews theoretical and conceptual issues such as the political economy of water services, financing, the interfaces between water and sanitation services and public health, and the systemic conditions that influence the provision of these services, including the diversity of organizational and institutional options characterizing the governance and management of water and sanitation services. The second section presents a number of country or regional case studies, each one chosen to highlight a particular problem, approach or strategy. These case studies are drawn from Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe, covering a wide range of socio-economic and political contexts. The book will be of great interest to advanced students, researchers, professionals and NGOs in many disciplines, including public policy and planning, environmental sciences, environmental sociology, history of technology, civil and environmental engineering, public health and development studies.

The Institutional Economics of Water

Author : R. Maria Saleth
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821356562
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book The Institutional Economics of Water written by R. Maria Saleth and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication examines issues of water sector reform and performance from the perspectives of institutional economics and political economic studies. The authors develop an alternative quantitative assessment methodology based on the principle of 'institutional ecology', as well as data collected from 127 water experts from 43 countries and regions around the world using a cross-country review of recent water sector reforms within an institutional transaction cost framework.

Approaches to Conducting Political Economy Analysis in the Urban Water Sector

Author : Seema Manghee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Approaches to Conducting Political Economy Analysis in the Urban Water Sector written by Seema Manghee and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

International Conference on Political Economy of Water

Author : Purnima George
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443894036
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book International Conference on Political Economy of Water written by Purnima George and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to water is a fundamental right of all human beings, given that it significantly affects quality of life and enables people, especially the poor, to live with dignity. A significant number of organisations and governments throughout the world are working on this challenge and developing sustainable intervention models. There are several community-driven approaches which attempt to bring water within the reach of people, and to help establish people’s ownership and rights over it. The social work profession, with its commitment to working with the marginalised and the underprivileged, cannot be immune to the challenges posed by the scarcity of water, and must inevitably join the various efforts made the world over to tackle this problem head on. This book examines specific nuances of water scarcity, and develops viable social work intervention strategies based on the experiences of successful intervention models.

Thirsting for Efficiency

Author : Mary M. Shirley
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080440770
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Thirsting for Efficiency written by Mary M. Shirley and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By analyzing water supply reforms in six developing country's capitals, this text provides a legal, economic and political examination of countries, tolerant of mismanagement of their water and sewerage systems for decades, that suddenly develop a thirst for efficiency.

The Political Economy of Water Pricing Reforms

Author : Ariel Dinar
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780195215946
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Water Pricing Reforms written by Ariel Dinar and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lately our world has witnessed massive changes and reforms in various sectors in many countries, developing and developed alike. Institutional and pricing reforms in the water sector are also part of that recent trend. They are led by the recognition of a need to respond to increased scarcity and deteriorated quality. Is the water sector different than other sectors, as some claim? Should reforms in the water sector be designed and implemented differently than reforms of a similar type, in other sectors? The Political Economy of Water Pricing Reforms answers these questions by providing various analytical frameworks that allow comparison across various conditions, and by actually comparing reform processes under various conditions in different countries. This book demonstrates the common threads that characterize pricing reforms in the water sector by analyzing various aspects of the reforms in the irrigation and urban subsectors of 10 countries. Cases from Morocco, Senegal, Honduras, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Pakistan, Yemen, and the United States illustrate the difficulties of designing and implementing "optimal" pricing reforms and explain how reform outcomes fall short of the original objective. "This book should be on the must reading list for anyone interested in water pricing and how to reform water rights systems to achieve increased economic efficiency as well as a legitimate and equitable system of property rights." Elinor Ostrom, Co-Director, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis and Co-Director, Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change, Indiana University

Fighting for Water

Author : Andreas Bieler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786997746
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Fighting for Water written by Andreas Bieler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the global financial crisis, water services have come under renewed neoliberal assault across Europe. At the same time, the struggle against water privatization has continued to pick up pace; from the re-municipalization of water in Grenoble in 2000, to the United Nations declaration of water as a human right in 2010. In Fighting for Water, Andreas Bieler draws on years of extensive fieldwork to dissect the underlying dynamics of the struggle for public water in Europe. By analysing the successful referendum against water privatization in Italy, the European Citizens' Initiative on 'Water and Sanitation are a Human Right', the struggles against water privatization in Greece and water charges in Ireland, Bieler shows why water has been a fruitful arena for resistance against neoliberal restructuring.