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Social Power and the Urbanization of Water - Flows of Power (Hardcover, New)
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Social Power and the Urbanization of Water - Flows of Power (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series
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Taking as his case-study the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador, where
600,000 people lack easy access to potable water, Erik Swyngedouw
aims to reconstruct, theoretically and empirically, the political,
social, and economic conduits through which water flows, and to
identify how power relations infuse the metabolic transformation of
water as it becomes urban. These flows of water which are
simultaneously physical and social carry in their currents the
embodiment of myriad social struggles and conflicts. The excavation
of these flows narrates stories about the city's structure and
development. Yet these flows also carry the potential for an
improved, more just, and more equitable right to the city and its
water. The flows of power that are captured by urban water
circulation also suggest that the question of urban sustainability
is not just about achieving sound ecological and environmental
conditions, but first and foremost about a social struggle for
access and control; a struggle not just for the right to water, but
for the right to the city itself.
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