%0 Book %T The Future of Public Water Governance - Has Water Privatization Peaked? %+ Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy %+ Laboratoire Eau, Environnement et Systèmes Urbains (LEESU) %A Scott, Christopher, A. %A de Gouvello, Bernard %Z 978-0-415-71313-9 %I Routledge %P 192 %8 2014-02-25 %D 2014 %Z http://www.sponpress.com/books/details/9780415713139/ %Z Environmental Sciences/Environmental and SocietyBooks %X The privatization of water supply and wastewater systems, together with institutional restructuring of governance - through decentralization and the penetration of global firms in local and regional markets - have been promoted as solutions to increase economic efficiency and achieve universal water supply and sanitation coverage. Yet a significant share of service provision and water resources development remains the responsibility of public authorities. The chapters in this book - with case evidence from Argentina, Chile, France, the USA, and other countries - address critical questions that dominate the international agenda on public versus private utilities, service provision, regulations, and resource development. This book presents varied perspectives - largely complementary but at times contrasting - on public and private governance of water. Public authority in general is being reasserted over service provision, while resource development and investments in infrastructure continue as a mix of public and private initiatives. But more important, increased oversight and regulation of market-based initiatives that until recently were touted as panaceas for water supply and sanitation are increasingly being reconsidered on the basis of social equity, environmental, and public health concerns. %G English %Z Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance %L hal-00998756 %U https://enpc.hal.science/hal-00998756 %~ SDE %~ AGROPARISTECH %~ ENPC %~ UNIV-MLV %~ PARISTECH %~ ENPC-LEESU %~ GIP-BE %~ UPEC %~ AGREENIUM %~ UNIV-EIFFEL %~ UPEM-UNIVEIFFEL