title: The future of urban water services in Latin America.
abstract: In recent decades, problems with the provision of drinking water and sanitation services around the world have increasingly been addressed by attempts at privatisation, recasting clean water as an essentially economic, rather than public, good. This approach gained particular acceptance in Latin America, but with limited success. In order to address the full range of social, economic and environmental values necessary to sustain water resources over time, public and governmental involvement in establishing integrated water management, pursuing ‘soft path’ approaches, assuring stakeholder input and setting policy will be essential to the process.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida.
authors.forename: Jeffry S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wade
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D060766:Drinking Water; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D011332:Privatization / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011640:Public Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012499:Sanitation / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014505:Urban Population / Q000266:history; D014881:Water Supply / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water