Urban water and the politics of citizenship: The case of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area during the 1980s and 1990s

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 327-346

  Castro, José Esteban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLITICAL PROCESS; URBAN POLITICS; WATER SUPPLY;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542290658     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a35159     Document Type: Article

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