Overview
- Provides a comparative analysis of German, French and English models of urban water systems
- Reveals how the principles of modernization in Europe have transformed the organizational characteristics of urban water systems
- Identifies the limitations for Urban Water Systems in Europe (UWSEs) for achieving sustainability
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Water Governance: Policy and Practice (PSWG)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Three Stylized Facts on UWSEs’ Modernization: Depoliticization, Resilience and Sustainability
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Institutional Hybridization and Inconsistencies: Theoretical Lessons for Institutional Dynamics and Its Sustainability
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Urban Water Governance
- Modernization of Water Governance
- Modernization of Urban Water Governance
- Water Reform
- Water Reform in Europe
- Urban Water Systems in Europe
- European Regulatory Framework of Water Management
- Water Utility
- water quality and water pollution
- water policy
- water industry and water technology
About this book
This book describes the impact of modernization on the organization and sustainability of Urban Water Systems in Europe (UWSEs). Bolognesi explains that the modernization of UWSEs was a regulatory shock that began in the 1990s and was put into action with the EU Water Framework Directive in the year 2000. This process sought to reorganize water governance in order to achieve certain sustainability goals, but it fell short of expectations.
Modernization and Urban Water Governance provides an update on the organization and sustainability of UWSEs, while drawing from a comparative analysis of German, French, and English water models and an institutionalist explanation of the current situation. With a focus on transaction costs, property rights allocation and institutional environments, this book argues that the modernization of UWSEs tends to depoliticize these systems and make them more resilient but also limits their potential for sustainable management.
Thisbook will be relevant to those wishing to understand the real impacts of water reform in Europe according to national contingencies.
Reviews
“Dr. Bolognesi develops a challenging and innovative institutional approach to the regulatory reforms of water systems in Europe. He points out many sources of misalignment in the solutions adopted while keeping in view the often neglected technological dimension. A 'mustread' contribution.” (Claude Ménard, University of Paris, France)
“This book provides a framework to analyze the modernization of European urban water systems in Europe. Particular care is devoted to the influence of the evolving institutional framework as well as sustainability issues and political dimensions without forgetting theoretical considerations. All the elements needed to understand what is going on …” (Stéphane Saussier, University of Paris, France)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modernization and Urban Water Governance
Book Subtitle: Organizational Change and Sustainability in Europe
Authors: Thomas Bolognesi
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Water Governance: Policy and Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59255-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59254-5Published: 05 September 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59255-2Published: 24 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2947-910X
Series E-ISSN: 2947-9118
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 446
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
Topics: Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Water Industry/Water Technologies