Efforts to Coordinate and Integrate Water Services in South African Metropolitan Municipalities: A Review

dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, Vinothan
dc.contributor.authorKiliçoğlu, Chantal
dc.contributor.authorCameron, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-06T09:28:30Z
dc.date.available2017-09-06T09:28:30Z
dc.date.issued2016-03
dc.description.abstractSouth African municipalities operate in an increasingly water scarce environment. This, coupled with the removal of apartheid-era barriers that regulated influx and residential movement, and the consequent urbanisation that has ensued, has placed them under severe pressure to manage competing demands for water and waterborne sanitation. This article is based on the findings from a study initiated by the University of Cape Town's Urban Water Management group, which sought to investigate the institutional arrangements for managing water resources in South Africa's four largest metropolitan municipalities. The study was prompted by the appeal of the Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) concept, which advocates a holistic approach to managing urban water resources, focusing on the degree of coordination and integration. The data consisted of sixteen key informant interviews with twenty-six officials, and accompanying municipal planning documentation. Our findings revealed varying degrees of coordination, including potential steps towards integration, among water services and related departments. Line functions responsible for catchment and stormwater management were at the forefront of more extensive efforts to coordinate, while lower level coordination remained mainly reactive, displaying limited alignment between urban spatial planners and water services planning, and was hampered by resistance in water supply departments and institutional fragmentation.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNaidoo, V., Kiliçoğlu, C., & Cameron, R. (2016). Efforts to Coordinate and Integrate Water Services in South African Metropolitan Municipalities: A Review. <i>Journal of Public Administration</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25090en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNaidoo, Vinothan, Chantal Kiliçoğlu, and Robert Cameron "Efforts to Coordinate and Integrate Water Services in South African Metropolitan Municipalities: A Review." <i>Journal of Public Administration</i> (2016) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25090en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNaidoo, V., Kiliçoğlu, C. & Cameron, R. (2016). Efforts to Coordinate and Integrate Water Services in South African Metropolitan Municipalities: A Review. Journal of Public Administration, 51(1): 85-102.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0036-0767en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Naidoo, Vinothan AU - Kiliçoğlu, Chantal AU - Cameron, Robert AB - South African municipalities operate in an increasingly water scarce environment. This, coupled with the removal of apartheid-era barriers that regulated influx and residential movement, and the consequent urbanisation that has ensued, has placed them under severe pressure to manage competing demands for water and waterborne sanitation. This article is based on the findings from a study initiated by the University of Cape Town's Urban Water Management group, which sought to investigate the institutional arrangements for managing water resources in South Africa's four largest metropolitan municipalities. The study was prompted by the appeal of the Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) concept, which advocates a holistic approach to managing urban water resources, focusing on the degree of coordination and integration. The data consisted of sixteen key informant interviews with twenty-six officials, and accompanying municipal planning documentation. Our findings revealed varying degrees of coordination, including potential steps towards integration, among water services and related departments. Line functions responsible for catchment and stormwater management were at the forefront of more extensive efforts to coordinate, while lower level coordination remained mainly reactive, displaying limited alignment between urban spatial planners and water services planning, and was hampered by resistance in water supply departments and institutional fragmentation. DA - 2016-03 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Journal of Public Administration LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 SM - 0036-0767 T1 - Efforts to Coordinate and Integrate Water Services in South African Metropolitan Municipalities: A Review TI - Efforts to Coordinate and Integrate Water Services in South African Metropolitan Municipalities: A Review UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25090 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/25090
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNaidoo V, Kiliçoğlu C, Cameron R. Efforts to Coordinate and Integrate Water Services in South African Metropolitan Municipalities: A Review. Journal of Public Administration. 2016; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25090.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherSouth African Association of Public Administration and Managementen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceJournal of Public Administrationen_ZA
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dc.titleEfforts to Coordinate and Integrate Water Services in South African Metropolitan Municipalities: A Reviewen_ZA
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