Archipelagos and networks: urbanization and water privatization in the South   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Karen Bakker 《The Geographical journal》2003,169(4):328-341

This paper examines the interrelationship between urbanization and water supply privatization in cities in the global South. The purpose of the paper is not to evaluate the impacts of privatization; rather, the paper analyses the differences in pathways and modes of water supply privatization, focusing on urban and contrasting with rural areas. A distinction is drawn between privatization (organizational change) and commercialization (institutional change) of water supply. Emphasis is placed upon the interrelationship between regulatory change (a shift from public to private management of water supply systems), human use of and access to water, and urban waterscapes. In contrast to metaphors of 'networks' so often applied in analyses of water management, the 'archipelago' is posited as a metaphor which better captures the complex overlapping strategies of water supply provision in urban areas in the South. Building on this metaphor, and in response to the 'public–private' dualism often invoked in studies of privatization, the paper outlines an alternative typology of water management in urban areas in the South. This typology foregrounds the concepts of the territorialization of corporate power as a means of understanding the articulation between privatization and urbanization processes in the South.  相似文献   

Crisis, coincidences and strategic market behaviour: the internationalization of Indonesian clothing brand-owners     

Markus Hassler 《Area》2003,35(3):241-250

Despite the fact that most Indonesian brand-owners continue to emphasize their marketing activities in the domestic market, several brand-owners have started to export clothing under their own label. This has been particularly the result of the economic crisis in the late 1990s, which affected companies serving the domestic market. Companies were trying to compensate for the loss of sales on the domestic market by redirecting their marketing activities to foreign countries. This export strategy has been driven largely by the sole aim to survive. However, in addition to these export activities, some companies have rather sophisticated, long-standing business relations to their distributors in overseas markets. This paper explores these export activities in the context of the global commodity chain framework.  相似文献   

关于新疆煤炭工业可持续发展的思考     

黄道成  敬益武 《中国煤田地质》2003,15(6):101-103

阐述了新疆煤炭工业发展中存在的主要问题,分析了新疆煤田地质工作的发展方向及当前工作重点,并对新疆煤炭工业的可持续发展战略提出了政策性建议。  相似文献   

容易造成误判的几例电源故障及排除     

曾新元  张晋川 《四川地震》2003,(3):45-46

在仪器设备的各种故障中，由电源引起的故障所占比例最高，而表现形式又各不相同。本文通过几例仪器设备的维修过程，说明容易被忽视的一些问题和有关测量手段需要注意的事项。  相似文献   

广辟水源 高青县城区供水走出一片新天地     

郝爱荣  王同兵  王辉 《地下水》2003,25(1):41-41,43

根据高青县城区的供水实际情况，分析开辟县城第三供水水源，实施水库连网的必要性。依据大芦湖水库的地理位置、水量及水质特点，把大芦湖水库作为高青县城理想的第三供水水源，技术可行，经济合理，从而解决城区供水矛盾。  相似文献   

Communities as the agents of commodification: The Kumbo Water Authority in Northwest Cameroon     

Ben Page 《Geoforum》2003,34(4):483-498

In 1991 the people of the town of Kumbo in Northwest Cameroon expelled the national water corporation from town by force. They claimed to be retrieving a network that the community rightfully owned and they began to run the system along community lines. The paper tells the story of that water supply twice. First it reproduces the popular accounts that circulated in the 1990s that emphasize the role played by the community in the development and operation of the water supply and portray recent events as a triumph of community management. Then it retells the story using archive evidence that puts a quite different light on some of the events. It is argued that the emphasis on community management has a tendency to obscure other important aspects of the story, for example its political context and consequences. It is suggested that the widespread admiration for any initiative that is community based often results in an uncritical analysis of this form of development project. In this case the commodification of water accelerates after the community has wrested control of this public service from the state.  相似文献   

利用生育期水分供应系数进行旱涝区划的研究     

于荣环  孙孟梅 《南京气象学院学报》1997,20(4):518-521

根据不同作物不同发育阶段的需水特性，建立了作物蒸腾耗水模型。利用水分平衡方程。根据降水量及前期土壤水分储存量与作物蒸散耗水量的差，确定作物不同生育期水分满足程度的时间变化曲线，用以衡量水分的满足程度。  相似文献   

岩溶发育区供水井施工工艺          下载免费PDF全文

刘广才 《探矿工程》1997,(4):51-52

分析了岩溶区供水井施工困难的原因，并从钻井、成井工艺方面就防治地面塌陷和克服井孔弯曲、坍塌、延长供水井寿命等问题进行了探讨。  相似文献   

中国铬矿资源2010年保证程度与前景   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

杜春林 《地质与勘探》1997,33(2):8-11

至１９９３年底，我国已勘查的铬矿区有５６处，累计探明铬矿石储量１３０５．３万ｔ，主要分布于西藏，新疆，内蒙古等省区，贫矿与富矿（Ｃｒ２Ｏ３〉３２％）大体各占一半，多为中小型矿床，矿床成因主要为岩浆晚期矿床。冶金工业生产不锈钢是铬矿石的最大消费领域，按不锈钢与钢产量比和我国铬矿生产能力测算，２０１０年只能满足国内铬矿石需求量的１５％，其余要靠进口解决。西藏是国内找铬矿的最佳远景区。  相似文献   

中国硫的供求现状和展望   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

范可正  林乐 《化工矿产地质》1996,18(4):317-324

从工业和农业两个方面供需现状分析，中国目前硫的供需基本平衡，且供略大于求。展望２０００年，中国硫的供求关系将出现缺口，需进一步开拓硫的潜在资源。从总体上看，目前中国土壤供硫情况尚好，但一些地区已开始出现缺硫和严重缺硫的状况，预测今后土壤缺硫状况将会加剧，希望各有关部门对此应给予充分注意  相似文献