

@mastersthesis {6743,
	title = {The urban political ecology of water supply planning and management in {Ho} {Chi} {Minh} {City}, {Vietnam}},
	year = {2002},
	note = {MQ71603},
	school = {York University (Canada)},
	type = {phdM.{E}.{S}.},
	address = {Ann Arbor},
	abstract = {Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has been experiencing unprecedented urban environmental changes brought on by the acceleration of global economic growth since the 1986 Doi Moi reforms. Rapid urban and industrial growth has made evident the deterioration of water resources such as rapidly falling water tables and contamination of groundwater under HCMC. Globalization has been facilitated through the rescaling of state functions in urban environmental management, planning, and policymaking. These shifts in power prompted the emergence of new societal relations. As a result, public opposition and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have increasingly taken on the role of traditional state functions in countering the negative environmental externalities of unchecked economic growth. The rescaling of state roles is also illustrated in the transference of responsibility of some state functions in environmental management to local actors. The rescaling of power also has manifested in socio-spatial fragmentation as demonstrated in water infrastructure planning and urban modernization initiatives. The process of water service delivery is influenced by environmental, social, regulatory, economic, and political forces. Unequal water infrastructure investment and distribution systems are reflected in the power imbalances produced through an urban political ecology of water. Water resources are often embedded in an urban political ecology that systematically excludes many and privileges few. These dynamics have continued to reinforce the construction of an increasingly polarized society. These processes may be exacerbated by water service privatization efforts manifested through Build-Operate-Transfer financing mechanisms for water supply. The complicated processes that are facilitating this rapid environmental transformation are linked to the urbanization patterns in HCMC.},
	keywords = {0999:Area planning \& development, 0999:Urban planning, Area planning \& development, Social sciences, Urban planning},
	url = {http://search.proquest.com/docview/305458332?accountid=14270},
	author = {Lu, Quang}
}
