Water governance and water users in a privatised water industry: Participation in policy-making and in water services provision. A case study of England and Wales

International Journal of Water

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-60

  Page, Ben ^a,c   Bakker, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c University of British Columbia ^*

Author keywords

England and Wales; Governance; Mutualisation; Privatisation; Public participation; Securitisation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

PRIVATE SECTOR; RESTRUCTURING; USER PARTICIPATION; WATER USERS;

WATER SUPPLY;

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATIZATION; WATER ECONOMICS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21444461549     PISSN: 14656620     EISSN: 17415322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJW.2005.007158     Document Type: Article

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