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Barraque, Bernard

Urban water conflicts / Bernard Barraque - London : CRC Press, 2011.

Contents:

Background and conceptual framework 1;
Changing interactions between technology environment and society 15;
The Barcelona water war of the 1990s 33;
Full circle? Public responsibility versus privatization of water supplies in the United States 39;
The rise and fall of concessions to supply drinking water in France 187582111928 57;
The Lisbon water story 185682112006 69;
Conflicts challenges and new opportunities in regulation 93;
Voices questioning the sustainability of the water and sewerage concession 111;
A water demand management comparison between Cape Town and Johannesburg South Africa 147;
The boom in community based privatization of water services in sub-Saharan Africa 169;
Urban water and conflict in Jakarta Indonesia 195;
Manmade scarcity unsustainability and urban water conflicts in Indian cities 221;
Urban water conflicts in the western US 237;
A live bomb behind outward unanimity 247;
The case of Eastern Germany 269;
An ecological economic approach 285;
Understanding urban water conflicts in Mexico 129;
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ISBN: 9780203877029

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Dewey Class. No.: 363.61 BAR