Social Power and the Urbanization of Water Flows of Power |
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| Author:
| Swyngedouw, Erik |
| Series title: | Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-823391-6 |
| Publication Date: | May 2004 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $230.00 |
Book Description:
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About one billion people wordwide are lacking safe and reliable access to potable water. This fundamental environmental problem takes acute forms in the cities of the developing world. Taking the case of Guayaquil in Ecuador this book shows, both theoretically and empirically, how access to and control over water, and, consequently, urban socio-environmental conditions are shaped by social, economic, and political power relations. The urban political-ecological perspective developed in...
More DescriptionAbout one billion people wordwide are lacking safe and reliable access to potable water. This fundamental environmental problem takes acute forms in the cities of the developing world. Taking the case of Guayaquil in Ecuador this book shows, both theoretically and empirically, how access to and control over water, and, consequently, urban socio-environmental conditions are shaped by social, economic, and political power relations. The urban political-ecological perspective developed in this book examines critically our understanding of both the city and the environment and develops a perspective that relates urban environmental questions to issues of uneven social power and control.