Water governance in cities / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author.

Series:

OECD studies on water.

OECD Studies on Water, 2224-5081

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Government policy--OECD countries.

Water-supply.

Water-supply--OECD countries--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : IWA Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

Urban, demographic and climate trends are increasingly exposing cities to risks of having too little, too much and too polluted water. Facing these challenges requires robust public policies and sound governance frameworks to co-ordinate across multiple scales, authorities, and policy domains. Building on a survey of 48 cities in OECD countries and emerging economies, the report analyses key factors affecting urban water governance, discusses trends in allocating roles and responsibilities across levels of government, and assesses multi-level governance gaps in urban water management. It provides a framework for mitigating territorial and institutional fragmentation and raising the profile of water in the broader sustainable development agenda, focusing in particular on the contribution of metropolitan governance, rural-urban partnerships and stakeholder engagement.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Table of contents

Acronyms and abbreviations

Executive summary

Chapter 1: Urban water governance today - Setting the scene

Key messages

Why urban water governance matters

Analytical framework

Characteristics of cities affecting urban water governance

Notes

Bibliography

Chapter 2: Factors shaping urban water governance

Water infrastructure challenges in cities

The risks of too much, too little, too polluted water

Institutional factors

Environmental and socio-economic factors

Summary of factors that affect different types of surveyed cities

Chapter 3: Mapping who does what in urban water governance

Central governments

Sub-national governments

Other actors at the sub-national level

Service providers

Conclusion

Chapter 4: Multi-level governance gaps in urban water management

OECD's multi-level governance framework

Scale

Fragmentation and policy silos

Diverging objectives compromising long-term management

Financing

Capacity and information

Accountability

A summary of multi-level governance gaps by types of surveyed cities

Chapter 5: Governance instruments for urban water management

The 3Ps co-ordination framework

Policy

Places

People

Forward-looking strategies for urban water governance

Ways forward for stronger local-national frameworks for managing water in cities

Annex A: Respondents to the OECD Survey on Water Governance for Future Cities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 17, 2016).

OCLC:

962412545