The evolution of water governance in France from the 1960s: disputes as major drivers for radical changes within a consensual framework

Marine Colon (), Sophie Richard () and Pierre-Alain Roche
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Marine Colon: UMR G-EAU - Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - AgroParisTech - IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
Sophie Richard: UMR G-EAU - Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - AgroParisTech - IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
Pierre-Alain Roche: Ministère de l'écologie de l'Energie, du Développement durable et de l'Aménagement du territoire

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Abstract: This paper provides a synthetic presentation of French water governance and its evolution since the 1960s. Through this French experience, it discusses the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) water governance cycle showing disputes as the main drivers of change. France has been a pioneer in introducing water river basin management some 50 years ago. It is also noted for its water services management by local authorities, leaving a significant role to private and public companies. But French water governance has not been frozen since the 1960s and continues to change radically within a framework based upon its unique history.

Keywords: water governance; OECD governance principles; water supply and sanitation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Published in Water International, 2018, The OECD Principles on Water Governance: from policy standards to practice, 43 (1), pp.109-132. ⟨10.1080/02508060.2018.1403013⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2018.1403013

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