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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298371603321

Autore

Guerrini Andrea

Titolo

Water Management in Italy : Governance, Performance, and Sustainability / / by Andrea Guerrini, Giulia Romano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-07818-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (93 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology, , 2194-7244

Disciplina

363.610683

Soggetti

Economic policy

Environmental management

Water-supply

Sustainable development

Environmental law

Environmental policy

Economic Policy

Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management

Water Industry/Water Technologies

Sustainable Development

Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The Italian water industry -- The determinants of water utilities performance -- Investments policies and funding choices -- Water demand management and sustainability -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the water sector as it is structured in Italy. The first part describes the legal framework which rules the sector in Italy, its evolution since the last 20 years, and its weaknesses. The second part describes the governance of Italian water utilities, distinguishing full public-owned companies from public-private partnership and private companies. The third part reports insights on water utilities performance to enquire the presence of economies by scope, scale and density in the Italian water sector, and to verify the presence of any



differences in terms of efficiency and tariffs among public and private firms. The fourth part describes the investment policies carried out by water utilities, observing the total amount of per capita investments and the actual realization of planned investments. The fifth part describes if and how utilities applied water conservation practices to incentive the sustainable water use.