The Oxford Handbook of Water Politics and Policy

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Ken Conca (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, School of International Service, American University) Erika Weinthal (Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University)

The Oxford Handbook of Water Politics and Policy

Ken Conca (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, School of International Service, American University), Erika Weinthal (Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
30 July 2020

Political science & theory; International relations; Energy industries & utilities; The environment; Sanitary & municipal engineering

Series: Oxford Handbooks

Water is a basic human need and a scarce commodity with increasing value to farmers, industries, and cities in an urbanizing world. It is unpredictable in supply and quality, difficult to contain or direct, and notoriously difficult to manage well. Several trends -- climate change, the endurance of widespread global water poverty, intensifying competition among rival uses and users, and the vulnerability of critical freshwater ecosystems -- combine to intensify the challenges of governing water wisely, fairly, and efficiently. The twenty-seven chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Water Politics and Policy address such issues over the course of seven thematic sections. These themes reflect familiar frameworks in the water policy world, including water, poverty, and health;

water and nature; and water equity and justice. Other sections look at emergent and contentious policy arenas, including the water/energy/food nexus and management of uncertainty in water supply, or connect well-established strands in new ways, including sections on water tools (water price and value, supply and demand, privatization, corporate responsibility) and issues surrounding transboundary waters. This volume conceives of water as a global issue, and gathers a diverse group of leading scholars of water politics and policy.

Edited by: Ken Conca (Professor of International Relations Professor of International Relations School of International Service American University), Erika Weinthal (Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 170mm, Width: 244mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 1.116kg
ISBN: 9780197516966
ISBN 10: 0197516963
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Pages: 712
Publication Date: 30 July 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ken Conca is Professor of International Relations at the School of International Service at American University. He is the author or editor of seven books, including Governing Water and Confronting Consumption. Erika Weinthal is Lee Hill Snowdon Professor of Environmental Policy at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University.