Water regimes : beyond the public and private sector debate / edited by Dominique Lorrain and Franck Poupeau.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lorrain, Dominique, editor.

Poupeau, Franck, editor.

Series:

Earthscan studies in water resource management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply.

Water utilities.

Municipal services.

Physical Description:

x, 228 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

In recent years the water sector has undergone profound institutional, economic and political transformations. Some countries have encouraged privatization of water services, but in many cases this has provoked adverse reaction to such a neoliberal and market-based approach to this common shared but essential resource. This book goes beyond the ideology of the public versus private water regime debate, by focusing on the real policies implemented to provide better water services, particularly in urban settings. It asks the key question: What do the protagonists do? Numerous examples of alternative models are presented to show their social, institutional and technical-scientific characteristics and reveal who is responsible for implementing such systems. Policies are analysed in terms of their implications for employees and residents. The book presents a new combinatory approach to water regimes, based on several international case studies from Argentina, Bolivia, China, France, Germany, India, South Africa and the USA, including a comparison of three cities in Africa. It is shown that the organization of a water regime differs depending on the particular combination of institutions involved, and these combinations vary according to history and context. The case studies demonstrate the successes and problems of a range of private sector involvements in the provision of water services, and provide examples of how small-scale systems can complement large technical systems. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Unorthodox models and practices 15

1 The "embedded actor": a water joint venture in Chongqing / Dominique Lorrain Lorrain, Dominique 17

2 "Delivering more than water". The Salt River Project: the invention of an adaptive partnership of water management / Murielle Coeurdray Coeurdray, Murielle, Franck Poupeau Poupeau, Franck, Brian O'Neil O'Neil, Brian, Joan Cortinas Munoz Munoz, Joan Cortinas 37

Part II Questions of legitimacy: private interventions in a public service 55

3 Legitimacy in the test of time: operating water in Buenos Aires / Bernard De Gouvello Gouvello, Bernard De 57

4 Water in Paris: polity and politics / Dominique Lorrain Lorrain, Dominique 73

5 A partial privatization under pressure: the Berlin Water Company / Thomas Blanchet Blanchet, Thomas 93

6 Corporate social responsibility and public service management in Nagpur / Marie-Hélène Zérah Zérah, Marie-Hélène, Cécile Renouard Renouard, Cécile 107

Part III When small water systems meet the large technical system 123

7 A local public service: the action of small-scale private water providers to supply peripheral neighbourhoods in three African cities / Sarah Bottom Bottom, Sarah, Aymeric Blanc Blanc, Aymeric 125

8 Water cooperatives in La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia: a complementary system / Franck Poupeau Poupeau, Franck, Sébastien Hardy Hardy, Sébastien 137

9 The decentralization of supply in four Uttar Pradesh municipalities / Rémi De Bercegol Bercegol, Rémi De, Shankare Cowda Cowda, Shankare 154

10 Water disputes in Soweto: inequalities, social mobilizations and recourse to the law / Julie Aubriot Aubriot, Julie 171

Part IV Conclusion 185

11 How socio-technical systems and their operators work / Dominique Lorrain Lorrain, Dominique, Franck Poupeau Poupeau, Franck 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138668201

1138668206

OCLC:

944380730