Schwarz Demanding Water

A Sociospatial Approach to Domestic Water Use in Mexico City
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-515-11690-9
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, Band 22, 274 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Megacities and Global Change / Megastädte und globaler Wandel

In the essentially water-rich basin of Mexico City, water taps are now installed in most homes. Yet in many of the city’s poorer neighborhoods in particular, water is supplied intermittently and taps often remain dry. How does such a socially constructed water scarcity affect water-related everyday practices in the home? And what is the relation between urban space and domestic practices of water use? In this study, Anke Schwarz employs a sociospatial approach which infuses Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice with a relational understanding of space. She draws upon in-depth interviews with 53 residents of Mexico City’s Federal District, taking subjective experience as a starting point, and adds a historical angle through the instrument of habitat biographies.

With respect to the pressing issue of urban water supply, Schwarz offers a fresh perspective to urban geography by placing an emphasis on a sociospatial approach on the micro scale. She demonstrates how water use can be a demanding everyday task even in cities where virtually all dwellings do have water taps. Rooftop tanks and jugs of bottled water are only the most visible tokens of the differences made by such supply limitations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schwarz, Anke

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Wasserwirtschaft
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Wasserversorgung, Wasseraufbereitung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Abstract;8
2;Kurzfassung der Arbeit;10
3;Resumen;12
4;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;14
5;CONTENTS;16
6;ABBREVIATIONS;18
7;1. INTRODUCTION;20
8;2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;30
8.1;2.1 Discussion of concepts;30
8.2;2.2 Habitus: the Incorporation of society;37
8.3;2.3 A sociospatial Approach to everyday Practices;44
9;3. RESEARCH DESIGN;54
9.1;3.1 Research Strategy;54
9.2;3.2 Empirical Methods;56
10;4. THE URBAN LANDSCAPE OF WATER SUPPLY AND WATER CONSUMPTION IN MEXICO CITY;66
10.1;4.1. Sociospatial Patterns of Water Supply in Mexico City;67
10.2;4.2 Contextualization: Water in Iztapalapa and Cuauhtémoc;96
11;5. PRACTICES OF DOMESTIC WATER USE IN MEXICO CITY;111
11.1;5.1 Drinking: Ingesting Water;112
11.2;5.2 Hygiene and Cleaning: Technical Water and the Body;139
11.3;5.3 Storing Water: Synchronizing Rhythms of Supply and Use;149
11.4;5.4 Imagining Urban Water;164
12;6. HABITAT BIOGRAPHIES: THE BECOMING OF HABITUS FROM A SPATIAL PERSPECTIVE;178
13;7. PAST EXPERIENCES AND CURRENT PRACTICES;198
13.1;7.1 Stockpiling Water and Past;198
13.2;7.2 Reusing Water and Past;201
13.3;7.3 Imagining Water and Past;203
14;8. REFLECTION ON THE SODIOSPATIAL CHARACTER OF DOMESTIC WAtER USE;207
14.1;8.1 A Predominance of the Actual;207
14.2;8.2 Inscribing Meaning through Spatial Practice;214
14.3;8.3 A Symbol of Mistrust?;216
14.4;8.4 Reflection on Research Strategy;224
14.5;8.5 Open Tasks for Future Research;230
15;9. REFLECTION ON THE RELATION BETWEEN HAbITAT AND HABITUS;236
15.1;9.1 Reflection on the Conceptual Approach;236
15.2;9.2 Habitat Biographies: Methodological Reflection;243
16;10. CONCLUDING REMARKS;249
17;REFERENCES;256

Über Autor(innen)

Schwarz, Anke
Anke Schwarz studied Urban Planning in Hamburg and Vienna, and obtained a PhD in Urban Geography from University of Hamburg in 2016. Between 2006 and 2014, her extensive research on Mexico City was supported by scholarships from the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Schwarz specializes in the social production of space and territory, the spatialization of social inequalities, urban infrastructures, and everyday practices.