Title | Water governance for development and sustainability |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 1996 |
Authors | Solanes, M, Jouravlev, A |
Secondary Title | Serie recursos naturales e infraestructura / ECLAC |
Volume | no. 111 |
Pagination | 84 p. : 22 boxes, 2 tab. |
Date Published | 1996-06-01 |
Publisher | United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) |
Place Published | Santiago, Chile |
ISBN Number | 9211215978 |
Keywords | administration, community participation, economic aspects, environmental management, institutional aspects, legislation, sdiman, social aspects, water authorities, water management, water resources management |
Abstract | Summary of the water-related research carried out by the Division of Natural Resources and Infrastructure of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This document identifies characteristics of water institutions which promote the sustainable integration of water, as a resource and as service, into socioeconomic development. Besides formal institutional factors, such as legislation and organizational structure, this is influenced by socioeconomic circumstances and the quality of the administration. Effective water governance will be more and more closely linked to integrated water resources management The paper aims to contribute to focusing the regional debate on those aspects of water institutions and macroeconomic policies which are particularly critical for Latin American and Caribbean countries; to promote the formulation of a regional position that genuinely reflects its situation, visions, aspirations and problems; and to promote a critical and balanced analysis of legislation, regulatory frameworks and public policies for water resources management and provision of related public services. |
Notes | Bibliography: p. 75-80 |
Custom 1 | 202.2, 202.6 |