Description: (Same as Urban Planning M168.) Lecture, three hours. Access to safe and sustainable water provision is major challenge for urban governments in Global South. Examination of political, economic, and social dimensions of water provision in Asian, African, and Latin American cities. Key issues include water and state building, market reforms and globalization, social mobilization, and citizen demand making strategies, role of crisis in citizen claims making. Letter grading.

Units: 4.0