Water Governance in Cities.

Cover -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Chapter 1: Urban water governance today - Setting the scene -- Key messages -- Why urban water governance matters -- Analytical framework -- Characteristics of cities affecting urban water governance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Factors shaping urban water governance -- Key messages -- Water infrastructure challenges in cities -- The risks of too much, too little, too polluted water -- Institutional factors -- Environmental and socio-economic factors -- Summary of factors that affect different types of surveyed cities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Mapping who does what in urban water governance -- Key messages -- Central governments -- Sub-national governments -- Other actors at the sub-national level -- Service providers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Multi-level governance gaps in urban water management -- Key messages -- OECD's multi-level governance framework -- Scale -- Fragmentation and policy silos -- Diverging objectives compromising long-term management -- Financing -- Capacity and information -- Accountability -- A summary of multi-level governance gaps by types of surveyed cities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Governance instruments for urban water management -- Key messages -- The 3Ps co-ordination framework -- Policy -- Places -- People -- Forward-looking strategies for urban water governance -- Ways forward for stronger local-national frameworks for managing water in cities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Annex A: Respondents to the OECD Survey on Water Governance for Future Cities.

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