Water poverty in the peri-urban territories of Mumbai, India

Water poverty in the peri-urban territories of Mumbai, India

[SHS:ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economy and finances

demand of water

water poverty

access to water

peri-urban aera

India

Mumbai

This paper addresses water poverty in the peri-urban areas of Mumbai. The term "water poverty" refers to a variety of situations where people lack from sufficient water in terms of quality and quantity or from enough money to buy water from formal and informal providers. The aim of this paper is to identify "water poor peri-urban population" and examine their access to water and how they satisfy their needs. Peri-urban areas are undergoing rapid transformations in the form of economic development, urbanization, demographic changes, environmental hazards all of which are having implications on the demand and supply of water. The water policies are not able to adapt to these rapid transformations. Therefore, a growing population lacks from sufficient access to water, in terms of being supplied by a large distribution network, or by private operators using alternative means.

Angueletou, Anastasia

Conference "The multidimensions of urban poverty in India", IGIDR, Indira Ganghi Institute of Development Research, CSH, Centre de Sciences Humaines, Mumbai, 6-7 octobre 2006

2006-10

ENG

conference, seminar, workshop communication

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00186276

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/18/62/76/PDF/pub06040.pdf

Mumbai

India