The Politics of Fresh Water
Access, conflict and identity
Water scarcity is not simply the result of what nature has to offer but always involves power relations and political decisions. This volume discusses the politics of the freshwater crisis, specifically how access to water is determined in different regions and historical periods, how conflict is constructed and managed, and how identity and efforts to control water systems, through development, technologies, and institutions, shape one another. The book analyzes responses to the water crisis as efforts to mitigate water insecurity and as expressions of collective identity that legitimate, resist, or seek to transform existing inequalities.…
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Weitere Autoren: Mayer, Tamar (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-317-50997-4
- EAN: 9781317509974
- Produktnummer: 21992196
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 260 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'680 KB
- Abbildungen: 27 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 5 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 18 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 4 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Catherine M. Ashcraft is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of New Hampshire, USA. Tamar Mayer is the Robert R. Churchill Professor of Geosciences and Director of both the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs and the Program in International and Global Studies at Middlebury College, USA.
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