I am happy to announce the publication of my new book: Schwarz, A. (2017): Demanding Water. A Sociospatial Approach to Domestic Water Use in Mexico City. Megacities and Global Change, Vol. 22. Stuttgart: Steiner. Abstract…
Tag: Urban infrastructure
News article: Gefährliches Wasser (Jungle World)
My article on the Flint water crisis and why the infrastructure investment plan recently announced by the White House is unlikely to alleviate any of the infrastructural inequalities in the US has been published. Find it in the June 29, 2017 edition of the Jungle World weekly (in German): https://jungle.world/artikel/2017/26/gefaehrliches-wasser
Dumb Metering – How ‘smart’ can urban infrastructure ever be?
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…