Urban political ecology of water in Cape Town, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Laila
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-29T16:44:14Z
dc.date.available2012-02-29T16:44:14Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractExploring how spatial patterns of water provision in South Africa reinforce urban inequities requires examining distributive and procedural modes of justice. This paper illustrates how South Africa has moved from a notion of distributive justice (the Reconstruction and Development Program (RDP) of 1994 which promised universal delivery of social welfare provision), to a skewed version of procedural justice through the Growth Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) policy, which adopts the market as the main social and environmental mechanism for service distribution. Power relations embedded in the urbanization of Cape Town and its resulting inequalities in the distribution of water problematizes the logic of economic “growth.”en
dc.format.extent1 digital file (22 p.)en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/48396
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMunicipal Services Project, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, CAen
dc.relation.ispartofBackground research seriesen
dc.subjectWATER MANAGEMENTen
dc.subjectAPARTHEIDen
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF WATERen
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICESen
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMYen
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECOLOGYen
dc.subjectPRIVATIZATIONen
dc.subjectURBAN POORen
dc.subjectACCESS TO WATERen
dc.subjectPOLITICAL WILLen
dc.subjectBASIC NEEDSen
dc.subjectACCESS TO RESOURCESen
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERYen
dc.subjectSOUTH AFRICAen
dc.subjectSOUTH OF SAHARAen
dc.titleUrban political ecology of water in Cape Town, South Africaen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.componentnumber105141001
idrc.project.number105141
idrc.project.titleAlternative Public Service Delivery Models in Health, Water and Electricity (Africa, Asia, Latin America)en
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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