From fragmentation to integration and back again: The politics of water infrastructure in Accra’s peripheral neighbourhoods,Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

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From fragmentation to integration and back again: The politics of water infrastructure in Accra’s peripheral neighbourhoods
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers ( IF 3.3 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-14 , DOI: 10.1111/tran.12420
Justus Uitermark ₁ , Joris Tieleman ₂

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This paper examines the dynamics of fragmentation and integration in Accra’s water infrastructure. Inspired by figurational sociology, we analyse infrastructure as both reflective and constitutive of interdependencies between different class fractions and parts of the urban region. We draw on historical archives, the in-depth ethnographic study of one suburban neighbourhood, a survey of eight additional neighbourhoods, and statistics from Ghana’s census to investigate the mechanisms and drivers of infrastructural integration as well as fragmentation. Our analysis shows that, following Ghana’s independence, the piped water network gradually expanded to integrate different class fractions and parts of the urban region. But this process has more recently hit its limits on Accra’s peri-urban fringe, where the wealthy are disconnecting from the public piped water network and, by implication, from those who still depend on it. The progressive expansion of the pipe network thus grinds to a halt, giving way to a fragmented constellation of water infrastructures.

中文翻译：

从碎片化到整合再回来：阿克拉周边社区的水利基础设施政治

本文考察了阿克拉水利基础设施分散和整合的动态。受具象社会学的启发，我们将基础设施分析为不同阶级部分和城市地区部分之间相互依存关系的反映和构成因素。我们利用历史档案、对一个郊区社区的深入人种学研究、对另外八个社区的调查以及加纳人口普查的统计数据来调查基础设施整合和碎片化的机制和驱动因素。我们的分析表明，加纳独立后，自来水管网逐渐扩大，以整合城市地区的不同阶层和部分地区。但是这个过程最近在阿克拉的城郊边缘达到了极限，富人正在与公共管道供水网络断开连接，这意味着与仍然依赖它的人断开连接。管网的逐步扩张因此陷入停滞，让位于支离破碎的水利基础设施群。

更新日期：2020-10-14

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