Overview
- Gives a compact but comprehensive view of water policy in Italy
- Describes the Italian water sector from governance to sustainability
- Presents original results based on empirical surveys
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology (BRIEFSWATER)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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About this book
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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water Management in Italy
Book Subtitle: Governance, Performance, and Sustainability
Authors: Andrea Guerrini, Giulia Romano
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07818-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-07817-5Published: 28 July 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-07818-2Published: 15 July 2014
Series ISSN: 2194-7244
Series E-ISSN: 2194-7252
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 88
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic Policy, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Water Industry/Water Technologies, Sustainable Development, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice