Substantially reducing the number of human beings who lack access to clean water and safe sanitation is one of the key Millennium Development Goals. This book argues and demonstrates that this can only be achieved by a better integration of the technical and social science approaches in the search f...

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1. Verfasser:	Castro, José Esteban 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Heller, Léo ca. 20./21. Jh (MitwirkendeR)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Taylor & Francis Group 2009
Schlagworte:	Wasserversorgung Abwasserbeseitigung Water treatment plants ; Management.. Water-supply ; Government policy.. Sewage disposal plants ; Management Electronic books
Online-Zugang:	DE-739 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Substantially reducing the number of human beings who lack access to clean water and safe sanitation is one of the key Millennium Development Goals. This book argues and demonstrates that this can only be achieved by a better integration of the technical and social science approaches in the search for improved organization and delivery of these essential services. It presents a historical analysis of the development of water and sanitation services in both developed and developing countries, which provides valuable lessons for overcoming the obstacles facing the universalization of these services. Among the key lessons emerging from the historical analysis are the organizational and institutional diversity characterizing the development of water and sanitation internationally, and the central role played by the public sector, particularly local authorities, in such development. It also explores the historical role played by cooperatives and other non-profit institutions in reaching rural and peri-urban areas, as well as the emergence of new forms of organization and provision, particularly in poor countries, where aid and development agencies have been promoting the self-organization of water systems by local communities. The book provides a critical exploration of these different institutional options, including the interaction between the public and private sectors, and the irreplaceable role of public funding as a condition for success. The book is divided into two parts: the first reviews theoretical and conceptual issues such as the political economy of water services, financing, the interfaces between water and sanitation services and public health, and the systemic conditions that influence the provision of these services, including the diversity of organizational and institutional options characterizing the governance and management of Intro -- Water and Sanitation Services: Public Policy and Management -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes -- List of Contributors -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL DIMENSIONS -- 1 Systemic Conditions and Public Policy in the Water and Sanitation Sector -- Introduction -- The significance of systemic conditions for water and sanitation services (WSS) policy -- Structural social inequalities as systemic conditions -- The inertial forces of mainstream WSS politics -- Conclusions -- 2 Troubled Waters: The Political Economy of Essential Public Services -- The urban water conundrum -- Urban water troubles -- The trouble with water flows: From collective to private (and back again?) -- Retooling the Washington Consensus: Subsidizing capital? -- Thinking out of the water box: Social power, water and the mythical debate over commodification -- 3 Public Policy Analysis in the Water and Sanitation Sector: Budgetary and Management Aspects -- Introduction -- Why is a public policy approach relevant? -- Economics and the budgetary component -- The New Water Culture approach -- Conclusions -- 4 North-South Transfer of the Paradigm of Piped Water: The Role of the Public Sector in Water and Sanitation Services -- The piped water paradigm: Early innovation in the North -- The Industrial Revolution and urban water pollution in the North -- Municipalities and piped water: Drivers of early concession experiments in the North -- Advent of the piped water paradigm in the North -- The waterworks concession: Permit, contract or decree? -- Municipalization -- The public service concession and Euro-American perceptions of domestic water -- Transfer of the paradigm of piped water to the South -- Conclusions.
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Beschreibung:	1 online resource (392 pages)
ISBN:	9781849773751
DOI:	10.4324/9781849773751