Smart energy grids are now being rolled out all over Europe. One of their core elements are so-called smart meters - digital devices which can be read out and controlled by the utility from a…
[Read the complete press release of December 20, 2016 as .pdf] We, the researchers, scholars and members of the International Network for Urban Research and Action (INURA), welcome the new Senate of Berlin committing to…
Britain, Turkey, Syria, Poland, Hungary, Austria and Germany: In the light of current political developments in Europe and beyond, and a rightwing populist turned president-elect in the United States, Imagined Communities is the book of…
American Association of Geographers 2017 Annual Meeting Boston, April 5-9, 2017 Session organizers: Monika Streule (ETH Zürich) and Anke Schwarz (Leipzig) Discussants: Rogério Haesbaert (Universidade Federal Fluminense) and Christian Schmid (ETH Zürich) Territories are produced…
Fancy a sip from the tip of the iceberg? In the upper tier of the fast-growing bottled water market you can easily do so, provided you are willing to pay. In a recent article for…
Watts follows Mexico City’s piped water from the dams of the Cutzamala system to the domestic tap, then down the drain as it is converted to sewage and pumped towards the agricultural region of Tula, Hidalgo. Though dating from late 2015, this rich and well-written article is still worth reading as it highlights the enormous challenges Mexico City is facing with respect to water, and the social contestations over current regimes of public water policy. A Spanish translation is also available.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/nov/12/mexico-city-water-crisis-source-sewer
Article by J. Watts, The Guardian, November 12, 2015
Historias del habitar. Nuevas perspectivas metodológicas en torno al espacio urbano Upcoming interdisciplinary workshop by Anke Schwarz in collaboration with Dra. Maria del Carmen Ramírez Hernández, UAM-Xochimilco The workshop will introduce the new empirical method…