Marcela González Rivas
Biographic Data
| ID | 661684 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcela González Rivas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcela González |
| FAMILY NAME | Rivas |
| SIGNATURE | RIVAS M G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4311-4409 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Environmental Justice Victory? Waste Colonialism and the Afterlife of Lead Water Pipes
For centuries, lead (Pb) pipes have been used to convey water for public consumption, resulting in widespread negative health impacts caused by lead-contaminated water. In 2022, after years of urging by environmental justice advocates, the U.S. federal government announced a plan to replace all lead service lines via the Biden-Harris Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan (LPPAP) funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and American Rescue Plan. This…
Addressing the impossible triad – high inequality, decentralized policy and low local capacity – challenges for drinking water policy in Mexico
What are the planning challenges faced in addressing equity? This paper discusses the importance of understanding institutional and policy contexts affecting planners’ efforts to close water access gaps across communities in low and middle income countries. Three challenges combined complicate local governments action towards water access: decentralization of water policy, high levels of inequality and low levels of local capacity, what we call t…
Water pricing and affordability in the US
We examined the 500 largest community water systems in the US to explore whether ownership is related to annual water bills, and the percent of income that low-income households spend on water. Regression results show that, among the largest water systems, private ownership is related to higher water prices and less affordability for low-income families. In states with regulations favorable to private providers, water utilities charge even higher…
Water equity, Covid-19 and the role of US cities and states
Experiential Learning as a Way to Foster Realistic Comparative Policy Analysis
This paper highlights the comparative value of an international capstone course on sustainable water management in a graduate public and international affairs program. By exposing students to experiential learning in two contexts, students develop an in-depth understanding of policy and can make realistic comparative policy analysis and reflect on the implementation challenges. I argue that students’ reflection is of understanding in practice the…
Pittsburgh's translocal social movement
Which states and cities protect residents from water shutoffs in the Covid-19 pandemic
Ethnolinguistic Divisions and Access to Clean Water in Mexico
The existing literature relating ethnic fragmentation to public good provision sheds little light on inequalities in access to public goods across groups, despite the fact that some of the causal factors underlying the hypothesized relationship seem to predict such inequalities. This article seeks to fill this gap by examining the relationship between ethnic fragmentation and both the level and distribution of access to clean water in Mexico, usi…
Decentralization, community participation, and improvement of water access in Mexico
One of the most important responses to the decentralization process around the developing world over recent decades has been the call for community-based and participatory-based approaches to planning at the local level. Unfortunately, the results of these programs have often been disappointing, leading some scholars to call for more in-depth exploration of whether community participation can improve prospects for development. This paper explores…
Why do indigenous municipalities in Mexico have worse piped water coverage
Access to piped water is highly unequal in Mexico, and indigenous municipalities are particularly disadvantaged. The present article identifies the different factors that contribute to the unequal access to piped water across Mexican municipalities for the period 2000–2005, using regression analyses. The findings show that indigenous populations experience lower piped water coverage than non-indigenous populations, even when one accounts for popu…
Trade Openness, Infrastructure, and the Wellbeing of Mexico's South
This paper examines the effects of Mexican infrastructure and trade policy from 1940 to 2000 on the relative economic performance of its southern states of Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca. Building on the literature of economic geography, I develop an argument based on the importance of infrastructure in economic development, and discuss how the legacy of infrastructure policies that have excluded the south can explain both the south's overall perf…
Which states and cities protect residents from water shutoffs in the Covid-19 pandemic
Pittsburgh's translocal social movement
Decentralization, community participation, and improvement of water access in Mexico
One of the most important responses to the decentralization process around the developing world over recent decades has been the call for community-based and participatory-based approaches to planning at the local level. Unfortunately, the results of these programs have often been disappointing, leading some scholars to call for more in-depth exploration of whether community participation can improve prospects for development. This paper explores…
Trade Openness, Infrastructure, and the Wellbeing of Mexico's South
This paper examines the effects of Mexican infrastructure and trade policy from 1940 to 2000 on the relative economic performance of its southern states of Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca. Building on the literature of economic geography, I develop an argument based on the importance of infrastructure in economic development, and discuss how the legacy of infrastructure policies that have excluded the south can explain both the south's overall perf…
Why do indigenous municipalities in Mexico have worse piped water coverage
Access to piped water is highly unequal in Mexico, and indigenous municipalities are particularly disadvantaged. The present article identifies the different factors that contribute to the unequal access to piped water across Mexican municipalities for the period 2000–2005, using regression analyses. The findings show that indigenous populations experience lower piped water coverage than non-indigenous populations, even when one accounts for popu…
Trade Openness, Infrastructure, and the Wellbeing of Mexico's South
This paper examines the effects of Mexican infrastructure and trade policy from 1940 to 2000 on the relative economic performance of its southern states of Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca. Building on the literature of economic geography, I develop an argument based on the importance of infrastructure in economic development, and discuss how the legacy of infrastructure policies that have excluded the south can explain both the south's overall perf…
Why do indigenous municipalities in Mexico have worse piped water coverage
Access to piped water is highly unequal in Mexico, and indigenous municipalities are particularly disadvantaged. The present article identifies the different factors that contribute to the unequal access to piped water across Mexican municipalities for the period 2000–2005, using regression analyses. The findings show that indigenous populations experience lower piped water coverage than non-indigenous populations, even when one accounts for popu…
Ethnolinguistic Divisions and Access to Clean Water in Mexico
The existing literature relating ethnic fragmentation to public good provision sheds little light on inequalities in access to public goods across groups, despite the fact that some of the causal factors underlying the hypothesized relationship seem to predict such inequalities. This article seeks to fill this gap by examining the relationship between ethnic fragmentation and both the level and distribution of access to clean water in Mexico, usi…
Decentralization, community participation, and improvement of water access in Mexico
One of the most important responses to the decentralization process around the developing world over recent decades has been the call for community-based and participatory-based approaches to planning at the local level. Unfortunately, the results of these programs have often been disappointing, leading some scholars to call for more in-depth exploration of whether community participation can improve prospects for development. This paper explores…
Which states and cities protect residents from water shutoffs in the Covid-19 pandemic
Water equity, Covid-19 and the role of US cities and states
Experiential Learning as a Way to Foster Realistic Comparative Policy Analysis
This paper highlights the comparative value of an international capstone course on sustainable water management in a graduate public and international affairs program. By exposing students to experiential learning in two contexts, students develop an in-depth understanding of policy and can make realistic comparative policy analysis and reflect on the implementation challenges. I argue that students’ reflection is of understanding in practice the…
Pittsburgh's translocal social movement
Water pricing and affordability in the US
We examined the 500 largest community water systems in the US to explore whether ownership is related to annual water bills, and the percent of income that low-income households spend on water. Regression results show that, among the largest water systems, private ownership is related to higher water prices and less affordability for low-income families. In states with regulations favorable to private providers, water utilities charge even higher…
Addressing the impossible triad – high inequality, decentralized policy and low local capacity – challenges for drinking water policy in Mexico
What are the planning challenges faced in addressing equity? This paper discusses the importance of understanding institutional and policy contexts affecting planners’ efforts to close water access gaps across communities in low and middle income countries. Three challenges combined complicate local governments action towards water access: decentralization of water policy, high levels of inequality and low levels of local capacity, what we call t…
Environmental Justice Victory? Waste Colonialism and the Afterlife of Lead Water Pipes
For centuries, lead (Pb) pipes have been used to convey water for public consumption, resulting in widespread negative health impacts caused by lead-contaminated water. In 2022, after years of urging by environmental justice advocates, the U.S. federal government announced a plan to replace all lead service lines via the Biden-Harris Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan (LPPAP) funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and American Rescue Plan. This…
Political science (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Water resources management and optimization (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Development economics (3 works)