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The Future of Urban Water Services in Latin America
Author(s) -
WADE JEFFRY S.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2011.00603.x
Subject(s) - sanitation , latin americans , stakeholder , business , process (computing) , order (exchange) , water sector , environmental planning , water resources , economic growth , environmental resource management , water supply , economics , political science , engineering , geography , public relations , environmental engineering , finance , ecology , computer science , law , biology , operating system
In recent decades, problems with the provision of drinking water and sanitation services around the world have increasingly been addressed by attempts at privatisation, recasting clean water as an essentially economic, rather than public, good. This approach gained particular acceptance in Latin America, but with limited success. In order to address the full range of social, economic and environmental values necessary to sustain water resources over time, public and governmental involvement in establishing integrated water management, pursuing ‘soft path’ approaches, assuring stakeholder input and setting policy will be essential to the process.