Provides a comparative analysis of German, French and English models of urban water systems

Reveals how the principles of modernization in Europe have transformed the organizational characteristics of urban water systems

Identifies the limitations for Urban Water Systems in Europe (UWSEs) for achieving sustainability

Autorentext
Thomas Bolognesi is a senior researcher at the University of Geneva and member of the UNESCO Chairs programme in Hydropolitics. His fields of research include political economy and institutional and organizational economics.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. UWSEs Organization and Modernization: Similarities and Variations.- 3. UWSEs Sustainability and Modernization: Achievements and Main Challenges.- 4. The Microinstitutional Determinants of Depolitization and Resilience in UWSEs.- 5. The Macroinstituional Determinants of Depolitization and Resilience in UWSEs.- 6. Institutional Dynamics and Sustainability: The Trade-Off Between Broader Regulation.- 7. Conclusion.