Charging the non-networked
Water pricing governance of the heterogeneous infrastructures beyond the utility network in Dar es Salaam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4934792 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francis Dakyaga (0000-0003-3801-8516, TU Dortmund University, corresponding author), Sophie Schramm (0000-0002-6194-9530, TU Dortmund University), John Modestus Lupala (0000-0002-8927-5208, Ardhi University), Dawah Lulu Magembe-Mushi (Ardhi University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1868-1892 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning E Nature and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2514-8486 • E-ISSN: 2514-8494 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/25148486241238402 |
| OpenAlex | W4392818572 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 43 |
Though urban scholars have drawn our attention to the multiple water infrastructures serving urbanites in the global South, studies rarely explored the practice through which prices are produced and governed within the heterogeneous infrastructures that supply water beyond the utility. Drawing perspectives from everyday pricing practices and heterogeneous water infrastructures, we contribute to the scientific discourse on heterogeneous infrastructures, everyday practices and infrastructure governance by showing how multiple infrastructural systems beyond the utility network, such as hydro-mobile and private network water providers produced prices to mediate water collection. Prices were established based on the cost of electricity, fuel, repairs and maintenance, location and/or distance, nature of road connectivity to clients' residences, and providers' expected profit margins. Water providers' discretions and learning by doing enabled the continuity of pricing practices. The conventional practice of non-collective negotiation and bargaining produced specific prices between water providers and end-users. The novelty of the paper emanates from the ways in which prices are produced and governed. In contrast to conventional tariff systems, reflectivity, creativity, practical knowledge and experiences acquired by non-state actors over time works to produce prices. The involved non-state actors exercised regulatory power over prices of water produced and supplied beyond the utility. When prices were established, they remained subject to modification. We argue that the focus on pricing sheds light on an important aspect of heterogeneous infrastructure provision and governance: where varied prices are established outside formal regulation, they reflect, shape and exacerbate fine-grained socio-spatial differences between individuals within single neighbourhood
Business · Corporate governance · Dar es salaam · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental planning · Industrial organization · Network governance · Tanzania · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Water resources management and optimization · Water Systems and Optimization · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |