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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the origin and evolution of the water supply service in Andalusia (southern Spain) between 1800 and 2020 from several perspectives. It does so from a historical perspective, to understand the evolution of the service over the years; from an economic perspective, as it is very useful to obtain an overview of the level of efficiency of the service; from a legislative perspective, as the regulatory framework of each era determines the models of management and provision of the service; and, finally, from an ecological and environmental perspective, of great importance in the New Water Culture and the protection of this resource. The volume's main objective is to contribute to the extension of knowledge and analysis of the processes of municipalisation and/or privatisation of this service in Andalusia, with the aim of providing those responsible for local governments and administrations, both political and technical, with useful reflection and illustrative information on the use of municipalisation and/or privatisation as instruments for the reform of the local public sector. Contributors are: María Ana Bernardo, Ana Cardoso de Matos, José Escalante Jiménez, Antonio Rafael Fernández-Paradas, Mercedes Fernández-Paradas, Leticia Gallego Valero, Víctor Manuel Heredia-Flores, Carlos Larrinaga, Nuria Magaldi, Alberte Martínez-López, Juan Manuel Matés-Barco, Jesús Mirás Araujo, Encarnación Moral Pajares, Jesús Raúl Navarro García, Nuria Rodríguez Martín, and María Vázquez-Fariñas.
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Note on Contributors 1 Water Supply Management in Andalusia Juan Manuel Matés-Barco 2 An Incessant Thirst: The Water Market in a Dried-Up Southern European Country, Spain 1985–2022 Jesús Mirás Araujo and Nuria Rodríguez Martín 3 Between Private and Public: Water Supply Infrastructures in Portugal in the First Half of the Twentieth Century An Attempted Comparison with Spain Maria Ana Bernardo and Ana Cardoso de Matos 4 Public Health, Sanitary Movement and Public Water Supply Services in the Nineteenth Century: the Cases of England and Spain Nuria Magaldi 5 Water Supply in the City of Cadiz in the Nineteenth Century: The Cadiz Water Works Company Limited María Vázquez-Fariñas 6 The Improvement of the Water Supply Infrastructures in Antequera (1818–1932) José Escalante-Jiménez, Mercedes Fernández-Paradas and Carlos Larrinaga 7 Foreign Companies, Public Intervention, and Ecological Crisis: Water in Seville, 1871–1959 Alberte Martínez-López 8 The New Supply of Potable Water in Malaga (Spain) in the 1920s: a Sustainable System? Víctor Manuel Heredia-Flores 9 Water Supply in the El Aljarafe District (Seville Province, Spain): a Historical Perspective Jesús Raúl Navarro-García 10 The “Price” of Water in Andalusia: an Approach to the Tariff Systems of the Domestic Water Supply Service María José Vargas-Machuca Salido 11 Research on Wastewater Taxes: an Essential Contribution to Improving Environmental Management Leticia Gallego-Valero, Encarnación Moral-Pajares and Isabel María Román-Sánchez 12 The Symbolic Configuration of Andalusian Rivers: Iconography and Artistic Values Antonio Rafael Fernández-Paradas and Rubén Sánchez Guzmán Index
