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Record Nr.

UNINA9910590057103321

Autore

Brandeler Francine van den

Titolo

Scalar Mismatches in Metropolitan Water Governance : A Comparative Study of São Paulo and Mexico City / / by Francine van den Brandeler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9783031080616

9783031080609

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 pages)

Collana

Water Governance - Concepts, Methods, and Practice, , 2365-497X

Disciplina

363.610981

363.61097253

Soggetti

Water

Hydrology

Environmental management

Sustainability

Human geography

Social sciences

Environmental Management

Human Geography

Society

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Methodology -- Urban Water Governance -- River Basin Governance -- The implementation of IWRM/IRBM in São Paulo -- The Implementation of UWM in São Paulo -- The Implementation of IWRM/IRBM in Mexico City -- The Implementation of UWM in Mexico City -- Comparing São Paulo and Mexico City: Evidence of Scalar Mismatches -- Towards a Theory of Metropolitan Water Governance.

Sommario/riassunto

The book provides insights into the particular nature of water-related challenges in metropolitan regions of the Global South and the “scalar mismatches” that prevent their sustainable and inclusive development. It argues for the adoption of a metropolitan water governance approach to assess these challenges, including the drivers and institutions that



shape these, and the policy instruments at river basin and urban scales that aim to address these. The cases of Mexico City and São Paulo, as two mega-cities with a wide ranging of water-related challenges, present lessons to other fast growing urban agglomerations on the variety of possible responses as well as obstacles to their effectiveness that receive little attention.