Corporatization and the Right to Water in Colombia - Conflicts, Citizenship and Social Inequality

This book explores how conflicts around access to water shape cities, citizenship and infrastructures by tracing how water is commodified and controlled by the Public Enterprises of Medellín, one of the most successful public water utility companies in the Global South.

List of contents

Introduction; PART I Commodification; 1 Municipalization (1955-1990); 2 Corporatization (1991-Present); PART II Decommodification; 3 Unaffordable Water; 4 Heterogeneous Water(s); PART III Potentials and Limits; 5 Unruly Water; 6 Conclusion; References; Index

About the author

Marcela López is an associated fellow at the Center for Metropolitan Studies and senior lecturer in the Urban Management Program at the Technical University Berlin, Germany.

Summary

This book explores how conflicts around access to water shape cities, citizenship and infrastructures by tracing how water is commodified and controlled by the Public Enterprises of Medellín, one of the most successful public water utility companies in the Global South.

Product details

• Authors: Marcela Lopez, Marcela López
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032129211
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3212921-1
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General, Property & real estate, Property and real estate