The World Water Development Report 2003 pointed out the extensive problem that: 'Sadly, the tragedy of the water crisis is not simply a result of lack of water but is, essentially, one of poor water governance.' Cross-sectional and historical intra-national and international comparisons have been recognized as a valuable method of study in different sectors of human life, including technologies and governance.
Environmental History of Water fills this gap, with its main focus being on water and sanitation services and their evolution. Altogether 34 authors have written 30 chapters for this multidisciplinary book which divides into four chronological parts, from ancient cultures to the challenges of the 21st century, each with its introduction and conclusions written by the editors. The authors represent such disciplines as history of technology, history of public health, public policy, development studies, sociology, engineering and management sciences.
This book emphasizes that the history of water and sanitation services is strongly linked to current water management and policy issues, as well as future implications. Geographically the book consists of local cases from all inhabited continents. The key penetrating themes of the book include especially population growth, health, water consumption, technological choices and governance.
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6 WATER SUPPLY IN THE LATE ROMAN ARMY
PART II: PERIOD OF SLOW DEVELOPMENT
9 THE EMERGENCE OF THE IDEA OF WATER-BORNE DISEASES
10 BIRTH AND EXPANSION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION IN FINLAND UNTIL WORLD WAR II
11 COLONIAL MANAGEMENT OF A SCARCE RESOURCE: ISSUES IN WATER ALLOTMENT IN 19TH CENTURY GIBRALTAR
12 COPING WITH DISEASE IN THE FRENCH EMPIRE: THE PROVISION OF WATERWORKS IN SAINT-LOUIS-DU-SENEGAL, 1860–1914
13 WATER SUPPLY IN THE CAPE SETTLEMENT FROM THE MID-17TH TO THE MID-19TH CENTURIES
14 DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUPPLY AND ACQUISITION OF WATER IN SOUTH AFRICAN TOWNS IN 1850–1920
15 WATER, LIFELINE OF THE CITY OF GHAYL BA WAZIR, YEMEN
16 HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION OF URBAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF TASHKENT CITY, UZBEKISTAN
17 PHILADELPHIA WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 1700–1910
18 PRIVATISATION OF WATER SERVICES IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT, MID-1800S TO 2004
PART III: MODERN URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
21 HISTORY OF WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION IN KENYA, 1895–2002
22 THE HISTORY OF WATER CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE MWAMASHIMBA AREA IN THE BUHUNGUKIRA CHIEFDOM AND IN RUNERE VILLAGE,TANZANIA
23 PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER SERVICES IN LAGOS, NIGERIA, 1915–2000
24 EXPANDING RURAL WATER SUPPLIES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: SIX CASES FROM FINLAND AND SOUTH AFRICA
25 SISTER TOWNS OF INDUSTRY: WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION IN MISKOLC AND TAMPERE FROM THE LATE 1800S TO THE 2000S
26 WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION IN RIGA: DEVELOPMENT, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
27 WATER AND ENVIRONMENT IN ONE INDIGENOUS REGION OF MEXICO
28 THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION IN BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA
29 THE GEOPOLITICS OF THIRST IN CHILE–NEW WATER CODE IN OPPOSITION TO OLD INDIAN WAYS
31 HEALTHY WATER FROM AN INDIGENOUS MAORI PERSPECTIVE
32 THE MEDICAL IDENTIFICATION OF NEW HEALTH HAZARDS TRANSMITTED BY WATER
Environmental History of Water
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