Sustainable livelihoods and infrastructure : governing and configuring urban water and sanitation for reduced vulnerability in Cusco, Peru

This thesis argues that socio-technical systems (STS) mediate between governance and the vulnerability of households. A STS approach enhances the analytical categories of the sustainable livelihoods framework: by conceptualising STS as the groups through which risk is shared, household task, infrast...

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Main Author: Crawford, C. A.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.674648