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Poisoned spring : the EU and water privatisation / Kartika Liotard and Steven P. McGiffen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liotard, Kartika.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water utilities--Deregulation--European Union countries.
- Water utilities.
- Water-supply--Political aspects--European Union countries.
- Water-supply.
- Water-supply--Economic aspects--European Union countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Against the privatisation of water.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Introduction: A Dangerous Synergy
- Climate Change
- Drought and Water Scarcity
- Extreme Weather Events
- Bad Weather, Bad Politics, Catastrophic Economics
- The Problem of Uncertainty
- Water, Health and Development
- The European Union and the Politics of Water
- A Call to Activism
- Structure of the Book
- 1. Drought and Deprivation
- Defining Drought
- How Much Water Do We Need?
- Population Growth and Drought
- Urbanisation and Drought
- Pollution as a Source of Water Shortage
- Climate Change and Drought
- The Environmental Effects of Drought
- The Socio-economic Consequences of Drought
- Planning for Drought
- Desertifi cation
- 2. Flood
- The Environmental Consequences of Flood
- The Socio-economic Consequences of Flood
- Flood Control - Good, Bad and Indifferent
- Physical Barriers - the Case of the Netherlands
- Dams
- Adaptation and the Non-structural Approach
- 3. Conflict and Cooperation
- Water Wars?
- Public Ownership
- Benefits of Cooperation
- Treaties and Agreements
- Beyond the Treaty
- 4. It Never Rains But it Pours: Climate Change, Water Shortage and Flood
- Water Quality
- Increased Costs
- North and South
- Supply-side Measures
- Reducing Waste
- Reducing Demand from Agriculture
- Tackling Climate Change
- 5. The European Union Within its Borders: Why Privatisation? The Ideology Behind the Theft of Public Property
- How Ideology Becomes Practice:The EU Legal Framework and the Drive to Privatisation
- EU Finance
- Some Experiences of Privatisation in the EU
- The Picture in the Rest of the EU
- Conclusion
- 6. The European Union Within its Borders, Part 2: The Water Framework Directive
- Flood
- What Should be Done?
- 7. The European Union Beyond its Borders.
- The Ideological Front
- Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)
- BizClim and the Private Sector Enabling Environment Facility
- Public Alternatives
- 8. A Better Water Policy is Possible
- Bibliography
- Books
- Official, Academic, Trade Union and NGO Reports
- Papers, Articles, Pamphlets and Presentations
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-84964-404-7
- OCLC:
- 656858071
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