Globalized Water

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxi

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2. Introduction

   • Graciela Schneier-Madanes

   Pages 1-15

3. Water Management Models and Globalization: The “French Model” and Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Patrimonial Economics and Water Management: A French Case

      • Iratxe Calvo-Mendieta, Olivier Petit, Franck-Dominique Vivien

      Pages 19-33

   3. The Water Framework Directive: A Challenge for French Territorial Management

      • Stéphane Ghiotti

      Pages 35-44

   4. Water Globalization: The Strategies of the Two French “Majors”

      • Pierre Bauby

      Pages 45-61

   5. Technological Rent: The Key for Water Services Regulation

      • Pascal Chauchefoin, Annabelle Sauvent

      Pages 63-75

   6. Liberalization of Water Services in Europe: The End of the French Water Exception?

      • Lætitia Guérin-Schneider, Lise Breuil, Sylvie Lupton

      Pages 77-93

4. Water Management Models and Globalization: Privatizations and Access to Water

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. From the French Model to a “Globalized Model”

      • Sylvain Petitet

      Pages 97-105

   3. Privatization: Lessons from Argentina

      • Bernard de Gouvello, Emilio J. Lentini, Graciela Schneier-Madanes

      Pages 107-121

   4. Urban Water in the Post-Network Era: Lebanon and the Former East Germany

      • Cécile Féré, Franck Scherrer

      Pages 123-135

5. Governance, Conflict, and Participation: Sharing the Resource

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. France’s Water Policy: The Interest and Limits of River Contracts

      • Alexandre Brun

      Pages 139-147

   3. Traditional Water Management in the Mediterranean: Authorized Union Associations in Languedoc-Roussillon

      • Anne Rivière-Honegger

      Pages 149-159

   4. Dam Projects and Protest: The Exception of Alqueva (Portugal)

      • Fabienne Wateau

      Pages 161-173

   5. Interbasin Water Transfers in Spain: Interregional Conflicts and Governance Responses

      • Nuria Hernández-Mora, Leandro del Moral Ituarte, Francesc La-Roca, Abel La Calle, Guido Schmidt

      Pages 175-194

6. Governance, Conflict, and Participation: Mechanisms of Power

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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   2. Politics and Governance in the Water Sector: The Case of Mumbai

      • Marie-Hélène Zérah

      Pages 197-210

   3. Inequalities and Conflict: Water in Latin American Cities

      • Jean-Marc Fournier

      Pages 211-223

Globalized Water presents a compilation of voices that forms a unique scientific exploration of contemporary water management models and governance issues. The book describes the water paradox—how a local resource has become a global product—and the implications of this in how we identify challenges and make policy in the water sector. Over the last 20 years, the foundations of local and national water systems have been rocked by a wave of changes. The authors in this book, experts in a wide range of disciplines, address the resulting debates and issues: water as a commodity and patrimony, technological rent, liberalization and privatization, the continuing evolution of water management and policy at the European level, decision making and stakeholder participation, conflict and consensus, and the inevitable growth of counterpowers at the local and international levels, promoted by the advocates of sustainable development. The selected case studies are from Europe (primarily France but also Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Portugal), Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia), the United States, Lebanon, and India. From this diverse collection of comparative perspectives and research methods, Globalized Water seeks to advance interdisciplinary research, contributing to a new and dynamic role for social sciences and governance on water.

• stakeholders
• urban planning
• water governance
• water management
• water policy
• landscape/regional and urban planning

From the book reviews:

“This volume, edited by Schneier-Madanes (emer., CNRS, France), provides an important overview of water governance in a global context. … the book urges readers to see the issues of water governance simultaneously as local and global, and it provides pathways to start envisaging more effective and equitable international water governance. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty.” (E. S. Norman, Choice, Vol. 52 (4), December, 2014)

• GDR 2524 CNRS Urban Water Research Network “rés-EAU-ville”, Paris, France

  Graciela Schneier-Madanes

Graciela Schneier-Madanes is professor emerita at the National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS) in France. She is a social science expert in urban geography and planning, with a focus on water governance. She has served as director of CNRS “rés-EAU-ville” (Urban Water Research Network), founding director of the Joint International Unit on Water, Environment and Public Policy with the University of Arizona were she led a team of scientists that was awarded the first European Commission International Cooperation (INCO) program in the U.S., Sustainable Water ActioN (SWAN). Schneier-Madanes divides her time among academic hubs in France, the U.S., and Argentina, maintaining formal connections with universities and research centers in Europe, Latin America, and China. She has published extensively as both an author and editor and serves as an expert for governmental institutions and private companies. E-mail: graciela.schneier@univ-paris3.fr Web: www.schneier-madanes.com

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