Ecologically Sound Urban Water Governance - Towards a successful integration of ecology in urban water governance, an analysis of required capacities

Abstract

Nowadays urban water governance is becoming more and more important. However, it is unknown how to effectively include ecology in urban water governance because ecology is a relatively new subject. There are however cities across the world that seem to be doing relatively good on the subject of ecological water governance. These cities can teach us how to effectively implement ecology in urban water governance. These cities are the frontrunner cities when it comes to ecologically sound urban water governance, and they can be compared to the cities that are struggling to implement ecology in their governance. This comparison has shown that there are a couple points that seem to be very important when it comes to ecologically sound urban water governance. Collaboration, production and sharing of cohesive knowledge, authority, and the presence of agents of change are important indicators of ecologically sound urban water governance.