Murky Water
Challenging an Unsustainable System
Seiten
2025
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-8869-4 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-8869-4 (ISBN)
This book makes a powerful contribution to the debate on the UK water system, exposing the problems and arguing that a radical overhaul is crucial for a sustainable future. -- .
Essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of our most vital resource.
Our water system is a mess. Rising bills and rivers full of sewage grab the headlines, but the greater threat is climate crisis, bringing increased drought and flooding.
This book exposes the many problems with our unsustainable water system. Unfair charges limit spending on infrastructure, while financial extraction has turned the water companies into debt-burdened zombies in an increasingly fragmented system.
Reforming regulation and tinkering with tariffs will not be enough, and public ownership is just the first step. Murky water shows that the system can only be made sustainable through a radical overhaul of how it is owned, managed, funded and planned. We need a new kind of water management, with national and catchment planning and coordinated action by landowners, local authorities and water companies.
Westminster and Whitehall currently stand in the way. To overcome their resistance and secure a sustainable future, we must ignite a social movement capable of challenging power. -- .
Essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of our most vital resource.
Our water system is a mess. Rising bills and rivers full of sewage grab the headlines, but the greater threat is climate crisis, bringing increased drought and flooding.
This book exposes the many problems with our unsustainable water system. Unfair charges limit spending on infrastructure, while financial extraction has turned the water companies into debt-burdened zombies in an increasingly fragmented system.
Reforming regulation and tinkering with tariffs will not be enough, and public ownership is just the first step. Murky water shows that the system can only be made sustainable through a radical overhaul of how it is owned, managed, funded and planned. We need a new kind of water management, with national and catchment planning and coordinated action by landowners, local authorities and water companies.
Westminster and Whitehall currently stand in the way. To overcome their resistance and secure a sustainable future, we must ignite a social movement capable of challenging power. -- .
Luca Calafati is an independent researcher and social entrepreneur Julie Froud is Professor of Financial Innovation at Alliance Manchester Business School Colin Haslam is Emeritus Professor of Accounting and Finance at Queen Mary, University of London Sukhdev Johal is Chair in Accounting and Strategy at Queen Mary, University of London Karel Williams is Director of Foundational Alliance Wales -- .
Introduction
1 From sanitation to water management
2 The business model problem
3 Much more investment required
4 From water poverty to water justice
5 Failure of political and regulatory control
6 Towards foundational water management
Index -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.10.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Manchester Capitalism |
| Zusatzinfo | 32 black & white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 441 g |
| Themenwelt | Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-8869-4 / 1526188694 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-8869-4 / 9781526188694 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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