Facing the Challenges of Water Governance

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Introduction

   • Simon Porcher, Stéphane Saussier

   Pages 1-28

3. Spain

   • María A. García-Valiñas

   Pages 29-55

4. Italy

   • Lorenzo Bardelli, Paola Valbonesi

   Pages 57-83

5. Portugal

   • Jaime Melo Baptista

   Pages 85-109

6. France

   • Simon Porcher

   Pages 111-132

7. Germany

   • Astrid Cullmann, Julia Rechlitz, Caroline Stiel

   Pages 133-153

8. UK

   • Emanuele Lobina

   Pages 155-188

9. Latin American Countries

   • Salvador Bertoméu-Sánchez, Tomás Serebrisky

   Pages 189-221

10. Africa

    • Antonio Estache

    Pages 223-257

11. CEE

    • Michael Klien, Maria Salvetti

    Pages 259-289

12. China

    • Olivia Jensen

    Pages 291-319

13. US

    • Dan Zhao, A. Wren Montgomery

    Pages 321-345

14. Japan

    • Takuya Urakami

    Pages 347-366

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 andpractical volume will be of interest and value not only to students and scholars of water governance, but also to practitioners and regulators. 

• water governance
• water policy
• environmental management
• sanitation
• access to water
• privatization
• water regulation
• sustainable development
• Sustainable Development Goals
• economics of water
• Environmental Geography

• IAE Paris - Sorbonne Business School, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France

  Simon Porcher, Stéphane Saussier

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. 

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