Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation
Rural regions are often seen as key sources of urban water supply, creating pressure for reallocation and potential hotspots of competition for water between cities and agriculture. How effective and equitable is reallocation from rural to urban re...
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okr-10986-320502021-05-25T09:25:53Z Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation Garrick, Dustin De Stefano, Lucia Turley, Laura Jorgensen, Isabel Aguilar-Barajas, Ismael Schreiner, Barbara de Souza Leão, Renata O’Donnell, Erin Horne, Avril WATER SUPPLY WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER ALLOCATION WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER USE MUNICIPAL WATER WATER QUALITY EQUITY Rural regions are often seen as key sources of urban water supply, creating pressure for reallocation and potential hotspots of competition for water between cities and agriculture. How effective and equitable is reallocation from rural to urban regions, and what have we learned from the global experience? This synthesis report examines the drivers, processes, politics, and outcomes of reallocation based on a review of the literature and insights from four in-depth case studies where governments have reallocated relatively large volumes of water from rural to urban regions: Melbourne, Australia; Mokopane, South Africa; Monterrey, Mexico; and São Paulo, Brazil. The findings suggest that water reallocation can play an important role in regional development. However, reallocation projects have also been controversial because of distributional conflicts regarding who wins and loses. The concept of benefit sharing, long applied to transboundary river basin management, offers a framework for designing effective and equitable reallocation processes, shifting the focus from dividing the water to sharing the benefits among rural and urban regions. The report identifies seven key lessons for realizing the potential of reallocation and limiting the risks. 2019-07-10T20:37:40Z 2019-07-10T20:37:40Z 2019-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/383181561530825618/Dividing-the-Water-Sharing-the-Benefits-Lessons-from-Rural-to-Urban-Water-Reallocation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32050 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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WATER SUPPLY WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER ALLOCATION WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER USE MUNICIPAL WATER WATER QUALITY EQUITY Garrick, Dustin De Stefano, Lucia Turley, Laura Jorgensen, Isabel Aguilar-Barajas, Ismael Schreiner, Barbara de Souza Leão, Renata O’Donnell, Erin Horne, Avril Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation |
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Rural regions are often seen as key
sources of urban water supply, creating pressure for
reallocation and potential hotspots of competition for water
between cities and agriculture. How effective and equitable
is reallocation from rural to urban regions, and what have
we learned from the global experience? This synthesis report
examines the drivers, processes, politics, and outcomes of
reallocation based on a review of the literature and
insights from four in-depth case studies where governments
have reallocated relatively large volumes of water from
rural to urban regions: Melbourne, Australia; Mokopane,
South Africa; Monterrey, Mexico; and São Paulo, Brazil. The
findings suggest that water reallocation can play an
important role in regional development. However,
reallocation projects have also been controversial because
of distributional conflicts regarding who wins and loses.
The concept of benefit sharing, long applied to
transboundary river basin management, offers a framework for
designing effective and equitable reallocation processes,
shifting the focus from dividing the water to sharing the
benefits among rural and urban regions. The report
identifies seven key lessons for realizing the potential of
reallocation and limiting the risks. |
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Working Paper |
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Garrick, Dustin De Stefano, Lucia Turley, Laura Jorgensen, Isabel Aguilar-Barajas, Ismael Schreiner, Barbara de Souza Leão, Renata O’Donnell, Erin Horne, Avril |
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Garrick, Dustin De Stefano, Lucia Turley, Laura Jorgensen, Isabel Aguilar-Barajas, Ismael Schreiner, Barbara de Souza Leão, Renata O’Donnell, Erin Horne, Avril |
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Garrick, Dustin |
| title |
Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation |
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Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation |
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Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation |
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Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation |
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Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation |
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dividing the water, sharing the benefits : lessons from rural-to-urban water reallocation |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/383181561530825618/Dividing-the-Water-Sharing-the-Benefits-Lessons-from-Rural-to-Urban-Water-Reallocation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32050 |
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