(Re-)Conceptualizing water inequality in Delhi, India through a feminist political ecology framework

Geoforum

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-152

  Truelove, Yaffa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criminality; Environmental politics; Feminist political ecology; Gender; Inequality; Urban India; Water

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FEMINISM; GENDER DISPARITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SANITATION; URBAN SOCIETY; WATER USE;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 79952486395     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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