Water scarcity and the exclusionary city: the struggle for water justice in Lima, Peru

Water management dilemmas represent a unique entry point into the challenging management of metropolitan areas, as in the case of Lima (Peru). A condition of water scarcity goes beyond the mere physical insufficiency of resources, but vividly contains the inadequacy of social relations responsible f...

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Published in:Water international 2016-01, Vol.41 (1), p.125-139
Main Author: Ioris, Antonio A. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allocations
Conservation
Corruption
Financing
hydrosocial
Investment
Investments
Justice
Lima
Management
megacity
Metropolitan areas
Peru
Production
Reinforcement
Scandals
Scarcity
Social relations
Territory
Water conservation
Water management
Water resources management
Water scarcity
Water use
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Summary:Water management dilemmas represent a unique entry point into the challenging management of metropolitan areas, as in the case of Lima (Peru). A condition of water scarcity goes beyond the mere physical insufficiency of resources, but vividly contains the inadequacy of social relations responsible for the allocation, use and conservation of water. Lima's experience demonstrates the association between investment priorities, political agendas and corruption scandals leading to selective abundances and persistent scarcities that are perpetuated in a hydrosocial territory. The production of water scarcity has been predicated upon discriminatory practices associated with the reinforcement of uneven development and environmental injustices.
ISSN:0250-8060
1941-1707
DOI:10.1080/02508060.2016.1124515