| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 209 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| Series |
Oxford geographical and environmental studies |
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Oxford geographical and environmental studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The Power of Water -- pt. I. Flows of Power: Nature, Power, and the City -- 1. Hybrid Waters: On Water, Nature, and Society -- 2. The City in a Glass of Water: Circulating Water, Circulating Power -- 3. Water, Power, and the Andean City: Situating Guayaquil -- pt. II. Social Power and the Urbanization of Water in Guayaquil, Ecuador -- 4. The Urban Conquest of Water in Guayaquil: 1880-1945: Cocoa and the Urban Water Dream |
| Summary |
Taking as his case-study the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador, where 600,000 people lack easy access to potable water, the author aims to reconstruct, theoretically and empirically, the political, social and economic conduits through which water flows, and identify the inherent political relations |
| Notes |
Previously issued in print: 2004 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- Political aspects
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Water-supply -- Social aspects
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Water-supply -- Economic aspects
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Municipal water supply -- Social aspects
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Municipal water supply -- Ecuador -- Guayaquil
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Economic history
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Municipal water supply
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Municipal water supply -- Social aspects
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Water-supply -- Economic aspects
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Water-supply -- Political aspects
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Water-supply -- Social aspects
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| SUBJECT |
Guayaquil (Ecuador) -- Economic conditions
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| Subject |
Ecuador -- Guayaquil
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004049212 |
| ISBN |
9780191916519 (ebook) |
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019191651X (ebook) |
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1280758805 |
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9781280758805 |
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0191543799 |
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9780191543791 |
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1423767764 |
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9781423767763 |
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