Reclaiming Public Water
Author | : Belén Balanyá |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Drinking water |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Belén Balanyá |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Drinking water |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Brid Brennan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Privatization |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mary Ann Manahan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Right to water |
ISBN | : |
"This collection of 19 new essays written by civil society activists, trade unionists and other water practitioners, presents examples of ongoing struggles against water privatization and commercialization as well as inspiring examples of people-centered public water management from across Asia. We hope this compilation will not only be a source of inspiration for those struggling for water for all in communities all over the continent, but also that it will contribute to strengthening the discussion about the ways forward for public water delivery in Asia. The papers show that the ideology-driven privatization wave has now also reached Asian countries where public water delivery has been very successful. Examples include like Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan, where public utilities have largely achieved water for all. But despite universal coverage, high quality drinking water and sanitation, very low leakage levels and many other indicators of successful public services, the governments of Hong Kong, Korea and Japan are planning to boost the role of the private sector. In Malaysia, this process has already resulted in widespread privatization and predictable problems (such as tariffs hiking impacting the affordability of water for the poorest) resulting from this"-- Introduction.
Author | : Maude Barlow |
Publisher | : ECW Press |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2019-09-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1773054279 |
“Maude Barlow is one of our planet’s greatest water defenders.” — Naomi Klein, bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine The Blue Communities Project is dedicated to three primary things: that access to clean, drinkable water is a basic human right; that municipal and community water will be held in public hands; and that single-use plastic water bottles will not be available in public spaces. With its simple, straightforward approach, the movement has been growing around the world for a decade. Today, Paris, Berlin, Bern, and Montreal are just a few of the cities that have made themselves Blue Communities. In Whose Water Is It, Anyway?, renowned water justice activist Maude Barlow recounts her own education in water issues as she and her fellow grassroots water warriors woke up to the immense pressures facing water in a warming world. Concluding with a step-by-step guide to making your own community blue, Maude Barlow’s latest book is a heartening example of how ordinary people can effect enormous change.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 1996-02-26 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0309175623 |
This book reviews the practice of reclaiming treated municipal wastewater for agricultural irrigation and using sewage sludge as a soil amendment and fertilizer in the United States. It describes and evaluates treatment technologies and practices; effects on soils, crop production, and ground water; public health concerns from pathogens and toxic chemicals; existing regulations and guidelines; and some of the economic, liability, and institutional issues. The recommendations and findings are aimed at authorities at the federal, state, and local levels, public utilities, and the food processing industry.
Author | : Martin Pigeon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Municipal water supply |
ISBN | : 9789461908315 |
Cities worldwide are experiencing the failures of water privatisation. Unequal access, broken promises, environmental hazards and scandalous profit margins are prompting municipalities to take back control of this essential service. Water 'remunicipalisation' is a new, exciting trend that this book explores at length. Case studies analyse the transition from private to public water provision in Paris, Dar es Salaam, Buenos Aires and Hamilton, as well as look at a national-level experiment in Malaysia. The journey toward better public water illustrates the benefits and challenges of municipal ownership, while at the same time underlining the stranglehold of international finance institutions and the legacies of corporate control. The book situates these developments within larger debates about 'alternatives to privatisation' and draws lessons from these experiences for future action in favour of public services.
Author | : Sherry Turkle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 1594205558 |
An engaging look at how technology is undermining our creativity and relationships and how face-to-face conversation can help us get it back.
Author | : William D. Rowley |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780253330024 |
Widely noted for his role in the passage of the National Reclamation Act of 1902, Francis G. Newlands of Nevada was a champion of the growth of federal power in the modernization of America. One of the few liberal national Democrats at the beginning of the twentieth century, he is known as a key architect of the modern regulatory state. Newlands worked to irrigate the Nevada desert and other arid western states with nationally funded reclamation and dam-building projects. As a leading western Progressive, he supported national planning for the utilization of all the nation's water resources, the Progressive conservation cause espoused by Republican Theodore Roosevelt, and the supervision of private corporations by an enlarged and more powerful federal government. Yet he opposed Progressives on many issues, voicing suspicions about centralized banking, defending the right of private corporations to fair treatment by public regulatory agencies, even advocating the denial of suffrage to African Americans through the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment. William Rowley's biography reveals a complicated and sophisticated man who successfully lived a dual political life under a cloud of personal and public scandal. It is a fascinating story of American politics in a time of immense national change.
Author | : John Walton |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 1993-08-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520084535 |
"Walton first uses his magnifying glass to capture images of struggle in a California valley during a century and a half of transformation, then inverts it to scrutinize the American state, popular politics, and collective action in general. The maneuver is bold, the outcome stimulating."—Charles Tilly, New School for Social Research "A passionate and first rate historical adventure. The plot is as intricate, fascinating, and full of intrigue and detail as a Dickens or a Tolstoy novel."—John Nichols, author of The Milagro Beanfield War
Author | : Richard C. Carter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2021-05-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781788531665 |
Richard Carter weaves together the myriad of factors that need to come together to make rural water supply truly available to everyone. He concludes that ultimately, systemic change to the global web of injustice that divides this world into rich and poor may be the only way to address the underlying problem.