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Global Challenges in Water Governance

Environments, Economies, Societies

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Authors:
  1. Jeremy J. Schmidt

    1. Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

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  2. Nathanial Matthews

    1. Senior Visiting Fellow, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

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  • Provides an accessible overview of the changes in discourse surrounding global water governance
  • Connects technical issues in water management with the social and political structures that affect decision-making and governance
  • Structured into three parts to reflect the ‘triple-bottom line’ of sustainability which is key to understanding contemporary challenges in water governance
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Global Challenges in Water Governance (GCWG)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Global Water Governance: An Overview

    • Jeremy J. Schmidt, Nathanial Matthews
    Pages 1-20

  3. Environments

    • Jeremy J. Schmidt, Nathanial Matthews
    Pages 21-51

  4. Economies

    • Jeremy J. Schmidt, Nathanial Matthews
    Pages 53-81

  5. Societies

    • Jeremy J. Schmidt, Nathanial Matthews
    Pages 83-109

  6. Water Futures

    • Jeremy J. Schmidt, Nathanial Matthews
    Pages 111-120

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 121-123
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About this book

This book presents a historically situated explanation of the rise of global water governance and the contemporary challenges that global water governance seeks to address. It is particularly concerned with connecting what are often technical issues in water management with the social and political structures that affect how technical and scientific advice affects decisions. Schmidt and Matthews are careful to avoid the pitfalls of setting up opposing binaries, such as ‘nature versus culture’ or ‘private versus public’, thereby allowing readers to understand how contests over water governance have been shaped over time and why they will continue to be so.

Co-written by an academic and a practitioner, Global Challenges in Water Governance combines the dual concerns for both analytical clarity and practical applicability in a way that is particularly valuable both for educators, researchers, decision-makers, and newcomers to the complexities of water use decisions.

Reviews

“A beautiful synthesis of the emergence of water governance, its significance in human affairs, and the challenges it entails on a human dominated planet. Short, comprehensive, and easy to read. I can highly recommend it.” (Carl Folke, Science Director and Co-Founder of Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

    Jeremy J. Schmidt

  • Senior Visiting Fellow, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

    Nathanial Matthews

About the authors

Jeremy J. Schmidt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Durham University, UK. His research focuses on the normative aspects of water governance, particularly the 20th century dynamics that connect large projects for land and energy to growing concerns over human impacts on the Earth.

Nathanial Matthews is an international development professional and a Senior Visiting Fellow at King’s College London, UK. He is a multidisciplinary scientist that has managed more than 200 environmental and development projects across 30 countries. Matthews is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

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