Water, State and the City
ISBN:
9781137468666
Auflage:
2015
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan UK, Palgrave Pivot
Land des Verlags:
Vereinigtes Königreich
Erscheinungsdatum:
24.04.2015
Reihe:
Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment
Format:
Hardcover
Seitenanzahl:
151
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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.
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Biografische Anmerkung
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.
