Light is like water: flooding, blackouts, and the state in Barranquilla

Between 1996 and 2014, in the midst of the Colombian armed conflict, 117,326 internally displaced people settled in southwest Barranquilla. This article describes the process of rapid urbanization carried out by these communities. It narrates how, due to underinvestment in drainage and electricity i...

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Main Author: Tatiana Acevedo-Guerrero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Tapuya
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2019.1678711