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DRINKING WATER IBD

MARK HARVEY
ROUTLEDGE
10 / 2015
9781138816978
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Sinopsis

In this fascinating and challenging work, the authoráanalyses the way water for drinking is produced, distributed, owned, acquired, and consumed in contrasting ways in different settings. From the taken-for-granted, all-purpose water, flowing out of taps in advanced economies to extreme inequalities of access to water of variable qualities, drinking water tells its own interesting story, but also reflects some of the centrally important characteristics of the state and economies of the different countries. From sparkling mineral water in Germany, to drinking water garages in Taiwan, from water tankers in Mexico City to street vendors in Delhi markets, comparisons are madeáto stretch our understanding of what we mean by âÇÖan economyâÇÖ, quality, and property rights, of water.á In addition, the study of socio-economics of drinking water provides a route into understanding interactions between polity, economy and nature. One of the major themes of the book is to analyse the âÇÖsociogenicâÇÖ nature of sustainability crises of economies of water in their environmental settings: epidemics, droughts, pollution, land subsidences and floods. Overall it develops an economic sociology, neo-Polanyian approacháin a comparative and historical exploration of water for domestic consumption.

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254,77€