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Globalized Water: A Question of Governance
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Description for Globalized Water: A Question of Governance
Hardcover. Globalized Water Editor(s): Schneier-Madanes, Graciela. Num Pages: 289 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; RG; RNFD; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
Globalized Water presents a compilation of voices that forms a unique scientific exploration of contemporary water management models and governance issues. The book describes the water paradox—how a local resource has become a global product—and the implications of this in how we identify challenges and make policy in the water sector. Over the last 20 years, the foundations of local and national water systems have been rocked by a wave of changes. The authors in this book, experts in a wide range of disciplines, address the resulting debates and issues: water as a commodity and patrimony, technological ... Read more
Globalized Water presents a compilation of voices that forms a unique scientific exploration of contemporary water management models and governance issues. The book describes the water paradox—how a local resource has become a global product—and the implications of this in how we identify challenges and make policy in the water sector. Over the last 20 years, the foundations of local and national water systems have been rocked by a wave of changes. The authors in this book, experts in a wide range of disciplines, address the resulting debates and issues: water as a commodity and patrimony, technological ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
289
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400773226
SKU
V9789400773226
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Ref
99-15
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Graciela Schneier-Madanes is professor emerita at the National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS) in France. She is a social science expert in urban geography and planning, with a focus on water governance. She has served as director of CNRS “rés-EAU-ville” (Urban Water Research Network), founding director of the Joint International Unit on Water, Environment ... Read more
Reviews for Globalized Water: A Question of Governance
From the book reviews: “This volume, edited by Schneier-Madanes (emer., CNRS, France), provides an important overview of water governance in a global context. … the book urges readers to see the issues of water governance simultaneously as local and global, and it provides pathways to start envisaging more effective and equitable international water governance. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division ... Read more