Humans and water: The problem(s) with affordability

Linda Annala Tesfaye; Martin Fougère; Yewondwossen Tesfaye Gemechu

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Humans and water: The problem(s) with affordability

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Abstract

This chapter discusses social inequalities resulting from humans striving to govern, control, and manage water through technological, political, and economic forms of organising. Through examples from Ethiopia and India, the chapter elucidates how the emphasis on “affordability” within the human right to water discourse (as well as in Sustainable Development Goal 6) makes the discourse compatible with private, market-led solutions to accessing water. The transformation of the human right to water discourse into a water privatisation-compatible project through the concept of affordability is of great concern from the perspective of equal access to water for people across the world.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Transformative Action for Sustainable Outcomes : Responsible Organising
Editors	Maria Sandberg, Janne Tienari
Number of pages	7
Place of Publication	Abingdon, Oxon
Publisher	Routledge
Publication date	2022
Pages	120-126
ISBN (Print)	978-1-032-13534-2, 978-1-032-13536-6
ISBN (Electronic)	78-1-003-22972-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003229728-22
Publication status	Published - 2022
MoE publication type	A3 Book chapter

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Name	Routledge advances in sociology
Publisher	Routledge
Number	343

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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Humans and water: The problem(s) with affordability. / Annala Tesfaye, Linda ; Fougère, Martin ; Tesfaye Gemechu, Yewondwossen.
Transformative Action for Sustainable Outcomes: Responsible Organising. ed. / Maria Sandberg; Janne Tienari. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2022. p. 120-126 (Routledge advances in sociology; No. 343).

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