The role of legal frameworks in enabling transparency in water utilities’ regulation

This thesis evaluates transparency in the context of water utilities’ regulation by comparing legal frameworks in three jurisdictions: Victoria (Australia), England (United Kingdom) and Jakarta (Indonesia). Each of these jurisdictions is selected because of their particular ownership and regulatory model. The thesis analyses whether specific ownership or regulatory models will have implications for transparency.<br/><br/>The terms “transparency” and “water utilities’ regulation” are first defined and form the thesis’ analytical framework. This is then applied against the three jurisdictions compared. By evaluating each of the three jurisdictions, the thesis expects to provide explanation on how transparency is enabled or inhibited by the legal frameworks. The thesis recommends a solution by comparing the three jurisdictions and generating “lessons learned”.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

Doctor of Philosophy

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

Doctoral Thesis

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of Dundee

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Mova Al'Afghani, Mohamad

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Hendry, Sarah
• Wouters, Patricia

• water
• transparency
• regulation
• utilities
• governance
• natural monopoly
• information
• disclosure
• corporate
• Privatisation
• Private Sector Participation (PSP)
• law
• water law
• environment
• concession
• contract
• Indonesia
• England
• Victoria
• comparative
• public private
• freedom of information
• environmental information
• administrative law
• liberalisation
• Jakarta

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

oai:discovery.dundee.ac.uk:studenttheses/e7d76ec4-3479-4d12-8fce-9a9f01ca442b

OAI identifier oai:identifier

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