'Mafias' in the waterscape: Urban informality and everyday public authority in Bangalore

Water Alternatives

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-105

  Ranganathan, Malini ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Informal sovereigns; Municipal water politics; Post colonial cities; State formation; Urban periphery

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; PERIPHERAL REGION; PERIURBAN AREA; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POST-COLONIALISM; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SYSTEM; URBANIZATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGALORE; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 84896852078     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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