This book explores the complex and uncertain domain of urban governance assessments, by amending the UN-Habitat Urban Governance Index and applying it to water service co-production strategies between public institutions and organised groups of citizens in Venezuela.

Luisa Moretto is Lecturer and Researcher at the Faculty of Architecture of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), and Director of the research centre HABITER. She has a background in architecture and holds a PhD in Analysis and Governance of Sustainable Development from the Universities IUAV and Ca’ Foscari in Venice (Italy). She is currently a coordinator of N-Aerus (Network-Association of European Researchers on Urbanization in the South).

Contents: Introduction – Urban Governance and Water Supply Systems – Assessing Urban Governance: A Principle Perspective – Co-producing Water Services in Venezuela – Applying the Urban Governance Index to Institutionalised Water Service Co-production – Assessing Urban Governance for Water Services at the Municipal Level – Low-income Communities’ Involvement in Local Governance for Improved Water Provisions – Conclusions.