Global Challenges in Water Governance

Water access and distribution is getting increasingly complex and contested across the globe.  Water is one of the most potent mediums through which climate change impacts are being felt and will be experienced in the coming years. Against this context, this series focuses on the core challenges and innovations in the water sector linking them with water politics, justice and rights for both human and non-human systems. We are particularly interested in the cross-sectional and cross-sectoral impacts of water governance across different geographies and social systems.

Each volume in the series tackles issues of critical importance to water governance—from relationships of science to policy, to water politics and human rights, to ecological concerns—to clarify what is at stake and to organise the complex contexts in which decisions are made. Oriented towards interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary engagements, this series provides fresh, accessible insights across the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences from established academics, early career researchers and practitioners, especially from the under-represented groups and regions in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The accessible, short format of books in the series are ideal for educators, as policy primers for governmental and non-governmental sectors, and for researchers whose work is directly or incidentally connected to water issues.

Kevin Grecksch, School of Geography and Environment, University of Oxford, UK

Shilpi Srivastava, Resource Politics and Environmental Change Cluster, Institute of Development Studies, UK