ABSTRACT
This title examines the role of privatization, technology and multi-sectoral partnerships to provide answers to one of the most pressing environmental and social problems of the twenty-first century how to provide access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation for some 2 billion of the world's poor in the next 15 years.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|44 pages
General theory
chapter 2|9 pages
The price of water
Separating the Natural from the Optimal in Water Supply: Ensuring the Broadest Community Access to Safe Water
chapter 4|12 pages
Environmental management with the balanced scorecard
A Case Study of the Berlin Water Company, Germany
part 2|77 pages
Privatisation
chapter 6|17 pages
Private-sector participation in water and sanitation reviewed
Insights from New Institutional Economics
chapter 8|14 pages
The involvement of the private sector in water servicing
Effects on the Urban Poor in the Case of Aguascalientes, Mexico
chapter 9|15 pages
Joint-use municipal–industrial infrastructure
An Innovative Approach to Expanding Urban Water Services in the Developing World
part 3|45 pages
Technology
chapter 10|13 pages
Autonomous water supply of a remote island community
The Case of Geothermal Water Desalination on Milos, Greece
chapter 12|9 pages
A measured step toward sustainability for rural water supply
One Metering Strategy that Works
chapter 13|9 pages
Sustainable water supply for a remote rural community in Mozambique
Oxfam Australia and the Chicomo Rural Development Project
part 4|49 pages
Regionally focused case studies: rural environments
chapter 14|10 pages
Indigenous people, women and water
The Importance of Local Knowledge for Project Planning in an African Context
chapter 15|10 pages
The commitment of the chlorine industry to sustainable societies
A Partnership Case Study in Guatemala
chapter 16|15 pages
Water-pricing policies and the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC
A First Approach Concerning the Agricultural Sector in the Axios River Basin
chapter 17|13 pages
Reducing water and sanitation backlogs in rural areas
Umgeni Water’s Response as an Implementing Agent Within Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
part 5|25 pages
Regionally focused case studies: urban environments
chapter 18|13 pages
The demand-side versus the supply-side approach
The Case for Sustainable Management of Water Supply in Developing Countries
