Social equity issues and water supply under conditions of ‘water stress’: a study of low- and high-income households in Greater Amman, Jordan

Darmame, Khadija; Potter, Robert G.

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“…Several technological reasons were cited in justifying that choice: the need to pump cooling water from the nearby sea and the closeness of two big infrastructural projects-a water desalination plant and the projected Red Sea-Dead Sea channel currently under study. The first infrastructural project aims at responding to a growing fresh water demand in a country suffering from aridity and water scarcity-beginning with Amman (Darmame and Potter, 2011). The Red Sea-Dead Sea project aims at compensating for the loss of water in the Dead Sea, which lowers by 1 metre per year and threatens the very existence of the salted sea and the economic activities linked to it.…”

Section: The City and The Nuclear Plantmentioning

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The Contested Energy Future of Amman, Jordan: Between Promises of Alternative Energies and a Nuclear Venture

Verdeil¹

2013

Urban Studies

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International audienceMetropolitan authorities and local business elites are often seen as major players in the energy transition in the city. Such energy transitions are mostly conceived of as low carbon technologies, which permit the retrofitting of urban infrastructure and the rebundling of metabolic circuits. This article contests these views by highlighting the major role of non-urban energy sector institutions and actors. By examining the connections between technology, space and energy politics , and by using a relational understanding of the urban, this article explores the case of Amman's energy transition. The growth of consumption coupled with new energy practices face a problematic supply because shifts in regional geopolitics prompted energy transition policies, among which are included a green growth program and the building of a nuclear power plant at the edge of the city. The article analyses the socio-political assemblages that shape those policies and unravel the competing interests at stake. It demonstrates the political and highly unruly nature of energy transitions

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Section: The City and The Nuclear Plantmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Contested Energy Future of Amman, Jordan: Between Promises of Alternative Energies and a Nuclear Venture

Verdeil¹

2013

Urban Studies

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‘Water is politics everywhere’: the use of emphasis frames to communicate multilateral water development project

Klimašauskaitė

Tal

2021

International Journal of Water Resources Development

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Equity – performance trade-off in water rationing regimes with domestic storage

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Water rationing contributes to inequalities in the water supply. Household storage tanks complicate the performance and the hydraulic modelling of these systems. Rationing is often not based on insights into system performance, fails to achieve equity and the operators struggle to explain the rationing tactics to the stakeholders. Understanding the behaviour of water networks rationed regularly is essential to resolve the supply inequalities. We present a contextual analytical framework for understanding and managing water rationing based on the duration of supply (cycle time), rationing fraction (duration of non-supply) and domestic storage to analyse the equity and performance in the water network. The framework was tested using a model of a distribution network in Kakkapalliya, Sri Lanka, under different rationing schemes. The results show that large household tanks create inequities, which can be reduced through a trade-off by increasing the cycle-time of the rationing with a minor reduction in performance. Very small or non-existent domestic storage also negatively impact the performance and equity of stressed water networks. Resolution of supply inequalities can be achieved through the trade-off between equity and performance is possible through the operation of the water network and by the regulation of domestic storage in water rationing regimes.

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Social equity issues and water supply under conditions of ‘water stress’: a study of low- and high-income households in Greater Amman, Jordan

Cited by 3 publications

References 9 publications

The Contested Energy Future of Amman, Jordan: Between Promises of Alternative Energies and a Nuclear Venture

The Contested Energy Future of Amman, Jordan: Between Promises of Alternative Energies and a Nuclear Venture

‘Water is politics everywhere’: the use of emphasis frames to communicate multilateral water development project

Equity – performance trade-off in water rationing regimes with domestic storage

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