Evaluating demand management aspects of urban water policy—A field survey in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece

Kolokytha, Elpida; Mylopoulos, Y.; Mentes, Alexandros

doi:10.1016/s1462-0758(02)00024-9

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“…In bringing to awareness 'routinised habits and interactions, retrieving them from the wordless background of 'practical consciousness', and subjecting them to scrutiny and reflection' (Sofoulis 2005: 448), such research provides an important complement to more quantitative analyses of both attitudes to and consumption of water (e.g. Kolokytha et al 2002, Nielsen and Smith 2005, Hurlimann and McKay 2007, Zhang and Brown 2005. As Sofoulis (2005: 448) argues, 'who normally entertains an attitude about a tap, a drain, or a sewage pipe?'…”

Section: Study Area and Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Changing cultures of water in eastern Australian backyard gardens

Head¹,

Muir²

2007

Social & Cultural Geography

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Research into diverse cultural understandings of water provides important contributions to the pressing global issue of sustainable supply, particularly when combined with analysis of relationships between everyday household practice and larger sociotechnical networks of storage and distribution. Here we analyse semistructured interviews with 298 people about their 241 backyards in the Australian east coast cities of Sydney and Wollongong, undertaken during the 2002-03 drought. Water emerged as an important issue in both consciousness and practice. In contrast to a number of other environmental issues which stimulate more polarised responses, a commitment to reducing water consumption was shared across the study population and manifest in a variety of changed practices. However these aspirations are in tension with the pleasure derived from water, and expressed desires for more watery environments. This work contrasts with and extends other studies that have emphasised the perceived separation between the modern home and the networks of production that sustain it. We argue that it is in the relationship between house and garden that people see, understand and participate in the network of water storage and distribution. Their active engagement with these processes enhances their capacity to manage and reduce consumption.

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Section: Study Area and Methodsmentioning

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Changing cultures of water in eastern Australian backyard gardens

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Muir²

2007

Social & Cultural Geography

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“…Economic incentives and water pricing policy strategies are today's powerful WDM tools, making this option more environmentally friendly and, at the same time, an economically effective alternative solution to balance supply and demand (Kolokytha et al 2002 ). Pricing through metering allows water users to become more aware of local consumption and is a prerequisite for the implementation of volume-based water pricing mechanisms (Kevinsen et al 2014 ).…”

Section: Implications For Water Governance and Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Free-Market Economics and Developmental Statism as Political Paradigms: Implications for Water Governance Theory and Practice in Developing Countries

Chikozho

Mapedza²

2016

Freshwater Governance for the 21st Century

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Key actors in various developing countries are often confronted by diffi cult choices when it comes to the selection and deployment of appropriate water governance regimes taking into account national socio-economic and political realities. Indeed, scholars and practitioners alike continue to grapple with the need to create the optimum water-supply and allocation decision-making space applicable to specifi c developing countries. This chapter uses case studies to explore the utility of free-market economics and developmental statism as two major paradigms that have emerged in the face of enduring questions about how best to govern watersupply systems in developing countries. The chapter establishes that increasing pressure on available natural resources may have already rendered obsolete some of the water-supply systems and governance regimes that have served human societies very well for many decades. It is also clear that national water-supply governance paradigms tend to change in tandem with emerging national development theoretical frameworks and priorities. Each nation or local government feels compelled to adopt a particular framework to fulfi l its needs taking into account the broader global water policy context. While many developing countries have adopted water policy prescriptions from the international arena, national and local socio-economic and political realities ultimately determine what works and what does not work on the ground. Local realities have also helped to inform how nation-states domesticate global concepts for their local purposes. Thus, the choice between free-market approaches and developmental state-oriented approaches is never simple, and hybrid models are often deployed. Indeed, the majority of countries and municipalities rely on a mix of market economics and developmental statism to make their water governance regimes more realistic and workable on the ground.

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“…The implementation of large scale demand management strategies have consistently demonstrated that technological fixes alone can not adequately address issues of urban freshwater management [17][18][19][20][21]. Evidence is emerging that there is support for demand management to be utilised to its full potential, and that pricing structures/adjustments are favoured over water rationing both in New Zealand and other countries [22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

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“…Kolokytha et al [18] and Nancarrow et al [19] explored the relationship between how people perceive themselves as water consumers and consumption behaviour. Both studies found that how consumers valued water did not significantly affect consumption behaviour.…”

Section: Socialmentioning

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Value and price: a transdisciplinary approach to urban water management

Kviberg

2008

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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This paper puts forward the benefits of a transdisciplinary approach to environmental management, using urban New Zealand use and value of freshwater as a case study. New Zealand is not water poor, but suffers from regional seasonal stresses on freshwater resources. The old mindset that water is a free gift from nature prevails within the water management industry, encouraging unsustainable consumption behaviours that are likely to develop into significant economic dis-benefits. Existing pricing structures are obscuring signals of both water shortages and wasteful practices, raising concerns that New Zealand urban water is underpriced and undervalued. The paper aims to fit a transdisciplinary research framework, drawing from economic, social and environmental disciplines, to establish options for resource management and asset investment. By the coupling of values with consumption, and the willingness to pay for environmental goods and services, this framework maximises environmental and welfare objectives aligned with sustainable development goals.

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Evaluating demand management aspects of urban water policy—A field survey in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece

Cited by 34 publications

References 5 publications

Changing cultures of water in eastern Australian backyard gardens

Changing cultures of water in eastern Australian backyard gardens

Free-Market Economics and Developmental Statism as Political Paradigms: Implications for Water Governance Theory and Practice in Developing Countries

Value and price: a transdisciplinary approach to urban water management

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