Water and poverty in Santiago, Chile. Morphology of inequity in the distribution of home drinking water

Authors

  • Gustavo Durán FLACSO (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales-Sede Ecuador), Departamento de Asuntos Públicos,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612015000400011

Keywords:

poverty, urban services, consumption

Abstract

Based on the story of the relationship between water and poverty in Santiago de Chile, the Í€œaccessÍ€ as an indicator has experienced, for urban studies, a kind of wear and tear, and today does not represent a significant data to measure the inequality in this urban society. On the other hand, Í€œconsumptionÍ€ stands out as an indicator with a greater capacity to reveal the circumstances of life of the poor people in that city, because even if it offers integration possibilities in terms of physical network access system, it excludes them by market mechanisms, such as a system that is permanently increasing fares and has no relation to family income. This contraction of domestic consumption of drinking water that has been recorded since the privatization of the service is produced in the context of a clear process of Í€œcommodificationÍ€ (Winpenny, 1994, p.110) of a good, such as water in the city.

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Published

2015-09-02

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Durán, G. (2015). Water and poverty in Santiago, Chile. Morphology of inequity in the distribution of home drinking water. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 41(124). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612015000400011

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Vol. 41 No. 124 (2015)

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