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6. Institutional Dynamics and Sustainability: The Trade-Off Between Broader Regulation and Consistent Regulation

Author : Thomas Bolognesi

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This chapter explores how the institutional dynamic of modernization limits the potential for the sustainability of urban water systems in Europe (UWSEs), revealing a paradox. Modernization brings with it an increased number of rules intended to regulate UWSEs in a harmonious and sustainable way. However, it appears inherently unable to bring about such a development. This failure comes from the ambivalent effect of the increase in the number of rules in UWSEs, which both generate regulations and inconsistencies. This multiplication of the number of rules stems from two different mechanisms of UWSEs’ expansion (expansion by means of control, and expansion by means of self-organization), which can conflict and impede high coherence of governance.

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Title: Institutional Dynamics and Sustainability: The Trade-Off Between Broader Regulation and Consistent Regulation
Author: Thomas Bolognesi
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Book: Modernization and Urban Water Governance
Print ISBN: 978-1-137-59254-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-59255-2

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59255-2_6