Scalar Mismatches in Metropolitan Water Governance

A Comparative Study of São Paulo and Mexico City
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-08063-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 283 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 470 g

Reihe: Water Governance - Concepts, Methods, and Practice

The book provides insights into the particular nature of water-related challenges in metropolitan regions of the Global South and the “scalar mismatches” that prevent their sustainable and inclusive development. It argues for the adoption of a metropolitan water governance approach to assess these challenges, including the drivers and institutions that shape these, and the policy instruments at river basin and urban scales that aim to address these. The cases of Mexico City and São Paulo, as two mega-cities with a wide ranging of water-related challenges, present lessons to other fast growing urban agglomerations on the variety of possible responses as well as obstacles to their effectiveness that receive little attention.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brandeler, Francine van den

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Methodology.- Urban Water Governance.- River Basin Governance.- The implementation of IWRM/IRBM in São Paulo.- The Implementation of UWM in São Paulo.- The Implementation of IWRM/IRBM in Mexico City.- The Implementation of UWM in Mexico City.- Comparing São Paulo and Mexico City: Evidence of Scalar Mismatches.- Towards a Theory of Metropolitan Water Governance.