04278nam 22006735 450 991033773520332120240322055339.09783319985152331998515910.1007/978-3-319-98515-2(CKB)4100000007158885(MiAaPQ)EBC5601930(DE-He213)978-3-319-98515-2(Perlego)3483061(EXLCZ)99410000000715888520181119d2019 u| 0engurcn#||||||||txtrdacontentstirdacontentstirdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFacing the Challenges of Water Governance /edited by Simon Porcher, Stéphane Saussier1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2019.1 online resource (xxi, 366 pages) colour illustrations, colour mapsPalgrave Studies in Water Governance: Policy and Practice,2947-91189783319985145 3319985140 Includes bibliographical references.Chapter 1. Spain -- Chapter 2. Italy -- Chapter 3. Portugal -- Chapter 4. France -- Chapter 5. Germany -- Chapter 6. - UK -- Chapter 7. - Latin American Countries -- Chapter 8. - Africa -- Chapter 9. Cee -- Chapter 10. China -- Chapter 11. - USA -- Chapter 12 -- Japan.Access to water is one of the most pressing global issues of the twenty-first century, particularly when set against the background of a rapidly growing global population. This book provides a cutting-edge, comprehensive overview of the challenges facing water governance and regulatory choices. The recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals set forward an ambitious agenda of providing universal access to good quality water supply and sanitation services within a financially constrained environment: however, the various peculiarities of each country regarding water governance makes it difficult to identify and implement the best practices and benchmarks. Drawing together empirical studies from countries around the world, the editors and contributors combine extensive data to review the individual challenges facing each country, from the supervision of autonomous regulatory bodies to the question of centralization and the influence of local utility companies. This pioneering and practical volume will be of interest and value not only to students and scholars of water governance, but also to practitioners and regulators. Simon Porcher is Associate Professor of Management and vice-director of the Economics of Public-Private Partnership Chair at Sorbonne Business School, IAE Paris, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France. He specialises the study of privatization of water public services in France, the UK and Chile and is expanding his research into China, Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal. Stéphane Saussier is Director of the Water research area at the Florence School of Regulation, Italy, and Professor of Economics and Management at the Sorbonne Business School, France. Specialising in issues of water governance, he regularly contributes to reports for international institutions such as the OECD and the European Parliament. .Palgrave Studies in Water Governance: Policy and Practice,2947-9118EcologyWaterHydrologyPhysical geographyHuman geographyEnvironmental SciencesWaterPhysical GeographyHuman GeographyEcology.Water.Hydrology.Physical geography.Human geography.Environmental Sciences.Water.Physical Geography.Human Geography.333.91Porcher Simonedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtSaussier Stéphaneedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtBOOK9910337735203321Facing the Challenges of Water Governance2518937UNINA