The marketization of water: environmental movements’ narratives and common experiences on water transfer projects in Colorado and western Iran

IF 1.6 4区 环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENGINEERING, CIVIL
E. Hoominfar
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ABSTRACT This comparative study explores how environmental movements in two different political economies, the US state of Colorado and western Iran, have experienced and framed water transfer projects as a mechanism for the marketization of water. It applies Polanyi’s and Harvey’s theories, using interviews with diverse social groups and various secondary data sources. The results show that, according to both social movements, water’s marketization has some similarities in terms of the commodification and commercialization of water. Still, different processes, means and mechanisms are used. The article highlights these similarities and differences by looking at the state’s role in two different contexts: a capitalist democracy (the United States) and a capitalist centralized statist system (Iran). The study finds that while some outcomes might be the same in Colorado and Iran for achieving the marketization of water, the means that the state/market uses to achieve those ends are different.
水的市场化:科罗拉多和伊朗西部调水项目的环境运动叙述和共同经验
本比较研究探讨了美国科罗拉多州和伊朗西部这两个不同政治经济体的环境运动是如何经历和构建调水项目作为水市场化机制的。它运用了波兰尼和哈维的理论,使用了对不同社会群体的采访和各种二手数据来源。结果表明,从两种社会运动来看,水的市场化在水的商品化和商业化方面具有一定的相似性。尽管如此,使用了不同的过程、手段和机制。本文通过考察国家在两种不同背景下的角色来强调这些异同:资本主义民主(美国)和资本主义中央集权国家制度(伊朗)。研究发现,虽然科罗拉多州和伊朗在实现水资源市场化方面的一些结果可能是相同的,但国家/市场实现这些目标的手段是不同的。
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Water International
Water International 工程技术-工程:土木
CiteScore
4.40
自引率
7.70%
发文量
58
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Water International is the official journal of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA), founded in 1972 to serve as an international gateway to the people, ideas and networks that are critical to the sustainable management of water resources around the world. Water International''s articles, state-of-the-art reviews, technical notes and other matter are policy-relevant and aimed at communicating in-depth knowledge to a multidisciplinary and international community. Water International publishes both individual contributions and thematic special issues and sections on cutting edge issues. All individual manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal and peer review by the Deputy Editor in Chief and the Associate Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by at least one independent, anonymous expert referee. All external peer review is double blind. Thematic issues and sections are handled under comparable procedures by guest editors under the oversight of the Editor in Chief.
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