A fine muddle: (Re) Configuring water conflicts?. Issue 85 (October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Narain, Vishal; Singh, Aditya Kumar
• Is Part Of: Geoforum. Issue 85(2017)
• Page Start: 9
• Page End: 11
• Publication Date: 2017-10
• Subjects: Conflicts -- Wastewater -- Periurban -- Gurugram -- Norms -- Ethnography; Geography -- Periodicals; Human geography -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Periodicals; Sciences de la terre -- Périodiques; Géographie -- Périodiques; Géographie humaine -- Périodiques; Aménagement du territoire -- Périodiques; Earth sciences; Geography; Human geography; Regional planning; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 304.205
• DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.07.004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0016-7185

Abstract

Abstract: In this article, we draw upon ongoing research in periurban Gurugram (formerly Gurgaon) in North–West India on the institutional dynamics around and conflicts over wastewater. Prevailing approaches to analysis of conflicts over natural resources pay scant attention to the role of the nature of the resource per se in shaping the possibilities of conflicts. Further, conflict researchers should pay attention to the difference between conflicts of interest and conflicts. In doing so, they should analyse the role of local norms that may prevent conflicts of interest from erupting into conflicts, while pushing people into situations of forced cooperation.