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Towards a peri-urban political ecology of water quality decline
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 08:49 authored by Timothy Karpouzoglou, Fiona MarshallFiona Marshall, Lyla MehtaRecent years have witnessed an expanding body of peri-urban and urban scholarship. However, recent scholarship has yet to adequately address the central role of politics and power shaping water quality decline. The article focuses on the trans-Hindon region which is part of Ghaziabad city, close to India’s capital, Delhi. We draw upon urban political ecology and peri-urban scholarship to explain the role of politics and power shaping water quality decline. We argue in favour of creating stronger synergy between peri-urban and UPE debates as part of conceptualising water quality decline. The article shows that as a complex socio-political challenge, water quality decline is centrally shaped by the intensifying linkages between urban and peri-urban forms of development and as a result deserves central attention as part of both these debates.
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Published version
Journal
Land Use PolicyISSN
0264-8377Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
Volume
70Page range
485-493Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
Research groups affiliated with
- Sussex Sustainability Research Programme Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes