Water Management in Italy

Governance, Performance, and Sustainability

Andrea Guerrini, Giulia Romano (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

VII, 88 Seiten

2014
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-07817-5 (ISBN)

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This book describes the water sector as it is structured in Italy. The first part describes the legal framework which rules the sector in Italy, its evolution since the last 20 years, and its weaknesses. The second part describes the governance of Italian water utilities, distinguishing full public-owned companies from public-private partnership and private companies. The third part reports insights on water utilities performance to enquire the presence of economies by scope, scale and density in the Italian water sector, and to verify the presence of any differences in terms of efficiency and tariffs among public and private firms. The fourth part describes the investment policies carried out by water utilities, observing the total amount of per capita investments and the actual realization of planned investments. The fifth part describes if and how utilities applied water conservation practices to incentive the sustainable water use.

Introduction.- The Italian water industry.- The determinants of water utilities performance.- Investments policies and funding choices.- Water demand management and sustainability.- Conclusions.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology
Zusatzinfo	VII, 88 p. 11 illus., 10 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	169 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
Schlagworte	Investments Policies • sustainable water use • Water Conservation Practices • Water Efficiency and Management • Water Governance • water industry and water technology • Water Policy • Water Policy in Italy
ISBN-10	3-319-07817-8 / 3319078178
ISBN-13	978-3-319-07817-5 / 9783319078175
Zustand	Neuware