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Mexico, Mexico-City, Mexico's central highlands, water conflicts, Actor Centered Institutionalism, Common Pool Resources, Sustainability. - Conflicts over water will become more and more widespread in forecoming years. This is not only true for international conflicts but as well for conflicts inbetween nations, for example between major cities and their countryside. Mexico-City as one of the largests cities of the world is highly dependend on water sources from outside its own territory to maintain its function as developing motor of the whole country. Therefore it is an extremely interesting case in this context. This is especially true as the city does not only depend on the countryside for drinking water but also for sending its wastewater and rainwater into the countryside to prevent the flodding of its territory. This does not only contradict all that is known about sustainable use of resources, it leads to a highly critical dependence between the water-sending countryside, the city itself and the wastewater-receiving countryside as well. This interdependence is not easily corrected for a diverse set of reasons that have to do with political, structural, institutional and cultural developments since the early 19th century. The thesis analyzes these reasons in the context of conflicts between the city and its countryside and tries to evaluate the future development. For the political and structural development of ecological matters it also draws a short parallel between Mexico and middle and eastern European states. In difference to other publications ...
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Bremen, Univ., Diss., 2008
Language:
German
Keywords:
Hochschulschrift
Author information:
Müller, Rebecca Barbara 19XX-
