Water Services Management and Governance by Tapio Katko, Petr... - 9781780400228

IWA Publishing

Water Services Management and GovernanceAuthor(s): Tapio Katko, Petri S. Juuti, Klaas Schwartz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: IWA Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: IWA Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781780400228, 978-1780400228\nSynopsis\nWater Services Management and Governance focuses on water services (water supply, wastewater services) and deals with connections between water resources and services and water resources. It covers water supply mainly in urban communities, sanitation and pollution control and water resources and their linkages to water services.\nThis book is divided in to four key sections relating to governance frameworks, technology and socio-ecological interactions, government and governance, and long terms policies. The chapters analyse the complexity of the water services sector based on a historical analysis of developments within the sector. The underlying conviction is that only by understanding past trends, processes and developments can the current situation in.