{"product_id":"the-future-of-public-water-governance-has-water-privatization-peaked-9781138953475","title":"The Future of Public Water Governance: Has Water Privatization Peaked?","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christopher A. Scott\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Developing \u0026amp; Emerging Countries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe privatization of water supply and wastewater systems, together with institutional restructuring of governance - through decentralization and the penetration of global firms in local and regional markets - have been promoted as solutions to increase economic efficiency and achieve universal water supply and sanitation coverage. Yet a significant share of service provision and water resources development remains the responsibility of public authorities. The chapters in this book - with case evidence from Argentina, Chile, France, the USA, and other countries - address critical questions that dominate the international agenda on public versus private utilities, service provision, regulations, and resource development. This book presents varied perspectives - largely complementary but at times contrasting - on public and private governance of water. Public authority in general is being reasserted over service provision, while resource development and investments in infrastructure continue as a mix of public and private initiatives. But more important, increased oversight and regulation of market-based initiatives that until recently were touted as panaceas for water supply and sanitation are increasingly being reconsidered on the basis of social equity, environmental, and public health concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was based on the special issue of \u003cem\u003eWater International\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45237102706839,"sku":"9781138953475","price":3901.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138953475.webp?v=1769215612","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-future-of-public-water-governance-has-water-privatization-peaked-9781138953475","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}