S. Graham
Water wars in Mumbai.
Graham, S.; McFarlane, C.; Desai, R.
Abstract
This essay excavates the complex politics of water in contemporary Mumbai. In the context of a burgeoning water crisis in the city, it explores in detail how the citys social and political elites demonize the efforts of inhabitants of Mumbais slums to hydrate their communities. Such demonization is paralleled by legal crackdowns and the deliberate destruction of improvised water infrastructure. The essay uses the Mumbai case study to reveal the costs of marginalizing the majority urban poor in global megacities: in public health, death rates, and communicable and waterborne diseases; in the burden of waiting for and carrying water (especially for women and children); in the burden of incurring high water expenses; in water extortion against the poor by predatory rackets; and in the problems of systematic dehydration.
Citation
Graham, S., McFarlane, C., & Desai, R. (2013). Water wars in Mumbai. Public Culture, 25(1_69), 115-141. https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-1890486
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2013 |
Deposit Date | Nov 11, 2011 |
Journal | Public Culture |
Print ISSN | 0899-2363 |
Electronic ISSN | 1527-8018 |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 1_69 |
Pages | 115-141 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-1890486 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1534264 |
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