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      Reconnecting People and Water
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      Public Engagement and Sustainable Urban Water Management

      Reconnecting People and Water

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      Reconnecting People and Water book

      Public Engagement and Sustainable Urban Water Management
      ByLiz Sharp
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2017
      eBook Published 26 May 2017
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315851679
      Pages 248
      eBook ISBN 9781315851679
      Subjects Built Environment, Communication Studies, Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Engineering & Technology, Environment & Agriculture, Environment and Sustainability, Geography, Social Sciences, Urban Studies
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      Sharp, L. (2017). Reconnecting People and Water: Public Engagement and Sustainable Urban Water Management (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315851679

      ABSTRACT

      Water management in industrialised western countries has long been seen as a technical process associated with pipes, drains and bureaucracies. This technical model of water management is now being questioned. This book examines the nature of contemporary water management and the prospects for and barriers to different forms of engagement with the public. 

      In particular, it shows how historical and social scientific understandings develop and question current water management norms in relation to water in the landscape, water in the home and the hidden management of water beneath our streets and behind our walls. It is shown that the four-fold challenges of climate change, urbanisation, changing environmental standards and fiscal accountability mean that we can no longer rely on unseen technical fixes to erase the threats of pollution, water shortages and floods. Such concerns offer two prompts for public engagement and participation. First, on a purely instrumental level, public engagement can complement, or offer an obvious alternative to, technical fixes. Second, public engagement may provide a route to find new ways of addressing water and related challenges. 

      The author offers a unique social science perspective on many of the socio-technical issues facing the management of water in urban settings in developed countries, where urban is interpreted broadly to include all areas served by piped water. Drawing on historical context and an extensive review of the published literature, as well as the author's own empirical studies, the work prompts broader discussions about how we manage water in contemporary society. It is invaluable for students and professionals in water resource management and planning.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter

      Introduction

      chapter 1|24 pages

      Visions for water management

      chapter 2|16 pages

      Urban water use in context

      chapter 3|24 pages

      The governance of water supply and demand

      chapter 4|14 pages

      Water in the home

      Learning from the past

      chapter 5|26 pages

      Understanding water practices and mobilising change

      chapter 6|23 pages

      Water qualities

      chapter 7|24 pages

      Water out of place

      chapter 8|11 pages

      Flood risk governance

      chapter 9|22 pages

      Water in the landscape

      chapter 10|27 pages

      Conclusion

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