Water privatization: is privatization of water utilities the right approach to achieve efficient water resources management?
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Privatization, the World Water Crisis, and the Social Contract
T o deny someone the right to water is tantamount to denying them the right to life, and to set a price on water is to set a price on life. It comes as no surprise then to find a good amount of anxiety and contention over who gets to set the price of water and how much they charge. And over the past two decades, throughout both the developed and developing world, setting the price of water has ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista de Arquitetura IMED
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2318-1109
DOI: 10.18256/2318-1109/arqimed.v6n1p3-13