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Presentations given at Oxford's International Conference on Water Security, Risk and Society, April 16-18th 2012. The event convened many of the world's leading thinkers from science, policy and enterprise to understand the status of and pathways to water security at multiple scales.

Water Security, Risk and Society Conference Oxford University

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Presentations given at Oxford's International Conference on Water Security, Risk and Society, April 16-18th 2012. The event convened many of the world's leading thinkers from science, policy and enterprise to understand the status of and pathways to water security at multiple scales.

    Sustainable cost recovery: re-shaping the moral economy of 'Financing Water for All'

    Sustainable cost recovery: re-shaping the moral economy of 'Financing Water for All'

    Presentation from the parallel session 'Sustainable water infrastructure' of the Water Security, Risk and Society conference. By Dr Johanna Wadsley, The Open University, UK. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

    • 12 min
    Water (un)control and water (in)security; theorising an infrastructural framework for water apportionment and access

    Water (un)control and water (in)security; theorising an infrastructural framework for water apportionment and access

    Presentation from the parallel session 'Sustainable water infrastructure' of the Water Security, Risk and Society conference. By Professor Bruce Lankford, University of East Anglia, UK. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

    • 11 min
    Infrastructure and incentives for water security in North-west China

    Infrastructure and incentives for water security in North-west China

    Presentation from the parallel session 'Sustainable water infrastructure' of the Water Security, Risk and Society conference. By Simon Howarth, Mott MacDonald, UK. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

    • 14 min
    Does privatisation increase water security in the Global South? Evaluating the findings and methods of empirical literature

    Does privatisation increase water security in the Global South? Evaluating the findings and methods of empirical literature

    Presentation from the parallel session 'Sustainable water infrastructure' of the Water Security, Risk and Society conference. By Marja Hirvi, University of Helsinki, Finland. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

    • 9 min
    Water security in the Canadian prairies: science and management challenges

    Water security in the Canadian prairies: science and management challenges

    Presentation from the parallel session 'Informing decision-making' of the Water Security, Risk and Society conference. By Professor Howard Wheater, University of Saskatchewan. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

    • 15 min
    Flooding and professional dialogue: scientists and local decision-makers exchange ideas

    Flooding and professional dialogue: scientists and local decision-makers exchange ideas

    Presentation from the parallel session 'Informing decision-making' of the Water Security, Risk and Society conference. By Professor Carolyn Roberts, University of Oxford, UK. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

    • 18 min

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