Privatizing Water in the Chilean Andes: The Case of Las Vegas de Chiu-Chiu
The Chilean water model has been described as a textbook example of a free-market water system. This article contributes to the critiques of this model by showing the effect of its implementation in the Atacameño community of Chiu-Chiu, located in the Atacama Desert in the south-central Andes. In th...
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Language: | English |
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International Mountain Society
2015-08-01
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Series: | Mountain Research and Development |
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Online Access: | http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-14-00033.1 |