Urban water security is a multi-faceted water, socioeconomic, and governance challenge. The complexity of translating the holistic approach into policies is an important need for improving water resource management to achieve prosperity, equity, sustainability, and good governance. The city of...

Privatizing Water -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Defining "Privatization": A Note on Terminology -- Introduction: Privatization and the Urban Water Crisis -- Part I. Development, Urbanization, and the Governance of Thirst -- 1. Governance...

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Series Editor Foreword - Challenges in Water Management -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Water 101 -- Introduction -- 1.1 What is water? -- 1.2 Hydrological cycle -- 1.2.1 Precipitation -- 1.2.2 Runoff -- 1.2.3 Evaporation --...

This paper examines the concept of cost recovery of water services under the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), including the different types of costs and cost-recovery mechanisms. It presents the state of play in the implementation of cost recovery in EU Member States, for financial,...