Governance, business models and restructuring water supply utilities: Recent developments in Ontario, Canada

Water Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 485-508

  Bakker, Karen ^b,c   Cameron, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business models; Canada; Governance; Municipal utility; Ontario; Restructuring; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944473599     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2005.0029     Document Type: Article

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