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| − | '''Often taken for granted, water is vital to life. It is the essential component in all aspects and activities related to our well-being and existence, including food and energy production and manufacturing in general. It’s clear that if our water supply continues to dwindle, and/or, water became unaffordable, then our lives would be detrimentally transformed. Millions are already experiencing and suffering from the mismanagement and unequal allocation of water. Between 1.1 and 1.5 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people lack access to basic sanitation. 1.8 million Children die each year from diarrhoea – a water related disorder. In total, 2.2 million people die each year due to low quality drinking water and/or lack of sanitation – that is 42, 000 people a week, 90 percent of whom are children (WHO/UNICEF, 2005: 15). These horrific consequences, of exclusion to socially necessary goods and services, are catastrophic, yet entirely preventable. | + | ''''''Often taken for granted, water is vital to life. It is the essential component in all aspects and activities related to our well-being and existence, including food and energy production and manufacturing in general. It’s clear that if our water supply continues to dwindle, and/or, water became unaffordable, then our lives would be detrimentally transformed. Millions are already experiencing and suffering from the mismanagement and unequal allocation of water. Between 1.1 and 1.5 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people lack access to basic sanitation. 1.8 million Children die each year from diarrhoea – a water related disorder. In total, 2.2 million people die each year due to low quality drinking water and/or lack of sanitation – that is 42, 000 people a week, 90 percent of whom are children (WHO/UNICEF, 2005: 15). These horrific consequences, of exclusion to socially necessary goods and services, are catastrophic, yet entirely preventable. |
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| − | Indeed, this shift has been facilitated by processes of economic globalisation – processes that are defined by the dominant neo-liberal policies of deregulation, privatisation and liberalisation. Economic globalisation has done more than just facilitate the shift from public to private sector however. When it comes to governing resources which hitherto were considered public goods or part of the global commons, neoliberal policies have changed the nature and structure of governance. The shift in regulatory power has meant a reduction (and in some cases an outright eclipse) in the planning capacity of local, regional and national authorities.''' | + | Indeed, this shift has been facilitated by processes of economic globalisation – processes that are defined by the dominant neo-liberal policies of deregulation, privatisation and liberalisation. Economic globalisation has done more than just facilitate the shift from public to private sector however. When it comes to governing resources which hitherto were considered public goods or part of the global commons, neoliberal policies have changed the nature and structure of governance. The shift in regulatory power has meant a reduction (and in some cases an outright eclipse) in the planning capacity of local, regional and national authorities.'''''' |
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