The unintended consequences of ecological modernization: Debt-induced reconfiguration of the water cycle in Barcelona

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2064-2083

  March, Hug ^a   Saurí, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barcelona; Debt; Ecological modernization; Economic crisis; European Directives; Private sector participation

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; DEBT CRISIS; ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; NEOLIBERALISM; PRIVATE SECTOR; RIVER WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84884467630     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a45380     Document Type: Article

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