Last May, the tenth edition of the World Water Forum confirmed its market-oriented approach to water problems. This paradigm has been at the origin of many of the stories of water injustice that the...
by Andreas Bieler In his new book “Fighting for Water: Resisting Privatization in Europe” Andreas Bieler analyses the struggles against water privatization in Europe since the early 1990s. In this post for the series...
By Siti Maimunah and Sarah Agustiorini Increasing pressures from extractive industries on the Mahakam River in Kalimantan, the second largest river in Indonesia, risk an irreparable destruction of a commons. Yet residents are actively...
By Patrick Bresnihan The fourth essay of the series “Reimagining, remembering, and reclaiming water: from extractivism to commoning” co-organized with the Undisciplined Environments blog, looks at the most visible social mobilisations in Ireland in...
IHE Delft short course participant Andrea Beck has published an article about Water Operator Partnerships (WOPs) in the journal WIREs Water. Relating to the work of the BEWOP project, her analysis draws on a...
by Tatiana Guerrero and Jeltsje Kemerink The New Year at UNESCO-IHE always starts exciting; in the first week of January the Water Governance Documentary Festival takes place! Six groups of master students enrolled in...
The scientific blog of the Water Governance Chair Group at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (The Netherlands). The blog presents news about our research, education and capacity development activities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It aims at promoting an open and critical space to discuss water governance issues.
The scientific blog of the Water Governance Chair Group at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (The Netherlands). The blog presents news about our research, education and capacity development activities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It aims at promoting an open and critical space to discuss water governance issues.