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Subject(s)

• Water resources development—India [Browse]
• Water-supply—Government policy—India [Browse]

Series

• Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 50. [More in this series]
• Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 50 [More in this series]

Summary note

The absence of water supply infrastructure is a critical issue that affects the sustainability of cities in the developing world and the quality of life of millions of people living in these cities. Urban India has probably the largest concentration of people in the world lacking safe access to these infrastructures.This book is a unique study of the politics of water supply infrastructures in three metropolitan cities in contemporary India - Bangalore, Chennai and Kochi. It examines the process of change in water supply infrastructure initiated by notable Public Private Partnership'

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

Cover; Transforming Urban Water Supplies in India: The role of reform and partnerships in globalization; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1. Globalization and infrastructures; 2. Studying water reform in India; 3. Transmitting reform policies; 4. Governing urban water supply regimes; 5. Forging partnerships, transforming water supply regimes; 6. Conclusion: globalization and infrastructure in India; Notes; References; Index

ISBN

• 1-136-63744-3
• 1-283-46230-3
• 9786613462305
• 0-203-80399-X
• 1-136-63745-1

OCLC

• 798531946
• 782917907
• 690089974

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203803998

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