Water Governance – An Evaluation of Alternative Architectures

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(2013), "Water Governance – An Evaluation of Alternative Architectures", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 24 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2013.08324daa.008

Water Governance – An Evaluation of Alternative Architectures

Water Governance – An Evaluation of Alternative Architectures

Article Type: Books and resources From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 24, Issue 4.

Edited by Asanga Gunawansa and Lovleen BhullarEdward Elgar PublishingCheltenhamGlosc. UKMarch 2013448 pp.ISBN 9781781006412£89.10

This book explores urban water governance challenges in different parts of the world and highlights the advantages and disadvantages of publicly run, privatised, and public-private partnership managed water facilities.

The contributors expertly discuss various types of public and private water governance architectures as well as identifying the trends, challenges, opportunities and the shifts in perceptions with regard to the provision of water supply services. Many chapters are dedicated to analysing the urban water supply scenarios in selected countries, with specific focus on legal, policy and institutional frameworks. The study reveals that while private sector participation has been largely promoted by multilateral institutions as part of institutional and financial reforms, ultimately governments bear the major responsibility for provision of water supply services either as “service provider” or as “regulator and policy-maker”.