Water and Socio-Environmental Crisis in Guatemala City's Metropolitan Area

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ID4500190
AuthorsPatrick Illmer (0000-0001-9983-8855, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume49
Issue6
Pages55-70
Publication date2022-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLatin American Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0094582x221120014
OpenAlexW4294391203
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

The water crisis in Guatemala City's metropolitan area reflects the interaction of two dimensions of the deployment of power in low-income neighborhoods-the direct exercise of power over actors and spaces by elites or political centers and micropolitical operations. This interaction produces patterns of behavior that deepen socio-spatial segregation, social fragmentation, and the delimitation of horizons of political possibility among broad sectors of the urban population. La crisis del agua en el área metropolitana de la Ciudad de Guatemala refleja la interacción de dos dimensiones a partir del despliegue del poder en barrios de bajos ingresos-esto es, el ejercicio directo del poder sobre actores y espacios por parte de élites o centros políticos y operaciones micropolíticas. Esta interacción produce patrones de comportamiento que profundizan la desegregación socio-espacial, la fragmentación social y la delimitación de horizontes de posibilidad política entre amplios sectores de la población urbana

Archaeology · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Environmental crisis · Geography · Metropolitan area · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Welfare economics · Demography · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Water Governance and Infrastructure

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