Welcome to the Program on Water Governance
The Program on Water Governance (PoWG) conducts cutting-edge research and fosters dialogue on water policy with communities and decision-makers.
PoWG is co-hosted by the University of British Columbia’s Department of Geography and the Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES). Dr Karen Bakker is the Director of the Program on Water Governance, and Professor in the Department of Geography. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Political Ecology, and is an Associate of IRES.
Recent Projects
Water Security
In 2008, the Canadian Water Network (CWN) awarded UBC’s Program on Water Governance (PoWG) a four-year grant to lead a team of researchers from 8 Canadian universities, and 20 project partners from across Canada, on a project to improve water security in Canada.
Water security is emerging as a paradigm for cumulative impacts assessment and watershed [...]
Recent Publications
Books
PRIVATIZING WATER
Karen Bakker's latest book "Privatizing Water: Governance Failure and the World's Urban Water Crisis" can be purchased online from Cornell University Press.
