Modernization and Urban Water Governance: Organizational Change and Sustainability in Europe

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Thomas Bolognesi

Modernization and Urban Water Governance

Organizational Change and Sustainability in Europe

Thomas Bolognesi

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Palgrave Macmillan
05 September 2017

Water industries; Drought & water supply; Water supply & treatment

Series: Palgrave Studies in Water Governance: Policy and Practice

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.

By: Thomas Bolognesi
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1st ed. 2018
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 6.971kg
ISBN: 9781137592545
ISBN 10: 1137592540
Series: Palgrave Studies in Water Governance: Policy and Practice
Pages: 446
Publication Date: 05 September 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Bolognesi is a senior researcher at the University of Geneva and member of the UNESCO Chairs programme in Hydropolitics. His fields of research include political economy and institutional and organizational economics.