Sustainable water governance: An incremental approach towards a decentralised, hybrid water system
| dc.contributor.advisor | Raxworthy, Julian | |
| dc.contributor.author | Faragher, Tamsin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-19T12:52:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-19T12:52:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-19T12:20:35Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Cape Town is experiencing its worst drought in recorded history. Notwithstanding that the Western Cape has always been a water scarce region, it is this current drought that has brought home the area’s inherent vulnerability and highlighted the governance issues. The world wherein South Africa’s water governance was created is very different to the world we find ourselves in today. It is a world of uncertainty and unpredictability not contemplated in water governance comprised of legislation, policy, guidelines and practice. The current water governance constructs a conventional approach based upon predictability and certainty and is no longer appropriate to meet today’s new challenges. Consistent with this conventional approach, Cape Town’s municipal water supply is almost completely dependent upon surface water which makes it even more vulnerable to drought than if its supply was comprised of a variety of water supply options. With surface water sources fully exploited and storage opportunities within the urban edge limited alternative water supply options must be more seriously considered and the water governance reformed to accommodate its use. Water governance is the focus of reform because it is the framework for infrastructure planning and therefore controls the resultant system, infrastructure and management. This thesis interrogates the current water governance as the starting point before firstly discussing the proposed incremental approach towards a decentralised, hybrid system for water infrastructure and secondly, identifying specific areas where intervention is necessary for implementation. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Faragher, T. (2018). <i>Sustainable water governance: An incremental approach towards a decentralised, hybrid water system</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Engineering and the Built Environment ,Urban Water Management. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29658 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Faragher, Tamsin. <i>"Sustainable water governance: An incremental approach towards a decentralised, hybrid water system."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Engineering and the Built Environment ,Urban Water Management, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29658 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Faragher, T. 2018. Sustainable water governance: An incremental approach towards a decentralised, hybrid water system. University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Faragher, Tamsin AB - Cape Town is experiencing its worst drought in recorded history. Notwithstanding that the Western Cape has always been a water scarce region, it is this current drought that has brought home the area’s inherent vulnerability and highlighted the governance issues. The world wherein South Africa’s water governance was created is very different to the world we find ourselves in today. It is a world of uncertainty and unpredictability not contemplated in water governance comprised of legislation, policy, guidelines and practice. The current water governance constructs a conventional approach based upon predictability and certainty and is no longer appropriate to meet today’s new challenges. Consistent with this conventional approach, Cape Town’s municipal water supply is almost completely dependent upon surface water which makes it even more vulnerable to drought than if its supply was comprised of a variety of water supply options. With surface water sources fully exploited and storage opportunities within the urban edge limited alternative water supply options must be more seriously considered and the water governance reformed to accommodate its use. Water governance is the focus of reform because it is the framework for infrastructure planning and therefore controls the resultant system, infrastructure and management. This thesis interrogates the current water governance as the starting point before firstly discussing the proposed incremental approach towards a decentralised, hybrid system for water infrastructure and secondly, identifying specific areas where intervention is necessary for implementation. DA - 2018 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2018 T1 - Sustainable water governance: An incremental approach towards a decentralised, hybrid water system TI - Sustainable water governance: An incremental approach towards a decentralised, hybrid water system UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29658 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29658 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Faragher T. Sustainable water governance: An incremental approach towards a decentralised, hybrid water system. []. University of Cape Town ,Engineering and the Built Environment ,Urban Water Management, 2018 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29658 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Urban Water Management | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject.other | Urban Infrastructure Design And Management | |
| dc.subject.other | Water Research | |
| dc.title | Sustainable water governance: An incremental approach towards a decentralised, hybrid water system | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationname | MPhil |