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- About this book
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The book investigates the complexity of the Latin American mega cities and the multiple commitments of the apparatus of the state with a focus on the failures of the public water sector. It offers an innovative interpretation of large-scale urbanization, one of the most challenging questions affecting Latin American governments and society.
- About the authors
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Antonio Ioris is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His work focuses on the political aspects of the interconnections between nature and society. He has conducted extensive research in several countries, including Scotland, Brazil, Portugal and Peru, using water management as an entry point into the political ecology of the allocation, use and conservation of natural resources.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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State, Water and the Production of the Latin American City
Pages 1-10
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The Exclusionary City, Political Statehood and a Thirsty Population
Pages 11-45
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National Development and Urban Water Demands through the Mexican Capital City
Pages 46-74
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The Urbanisation of Lima, Neoliberal Reforms and Water-Related Tensions
Pages 75-107
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Water Problems and Conflicting Water Values in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region
Pages 108-139
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Water, State and the City
- Authors
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- A. Ioris
- Series Title
- Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-46867-3
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137468673
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-46866-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 151
- Topics
