Rapid urban transformation with economic growth often entails shortage of water infrastructure in developing contexts, implying particularly serious health risks in regions where water uncertainty is increasing with climate change. Taking two small towns, one in China and the other in India, as...

Ahmedabad represents one of the rapidly urbanizing cities in India, where almost all the households in the region have access to drinking-water supply and sanitation, yet it has not been successful in reducing the threat from water- and vector-borne diseases. This is due to the segregation of...

A "policy as process" perspective is adopted to analyze the early period of water users associations (WUAs) in Uzbekistan (2000-2006). The article is based on extensive fieldwork (in 2005-2006) and analysis of policy and other relevant documents. It is shown that WUAs have a role and logic...