@article{fdi:010068611, title = {{T}he social conditions of self-organized utilities : water cooperatives in {L}a {P}az and {E}l {A}lto, {B}olivia}, author = {{P}oupeau, {F}. and {H}ardy, {S}{\'e}bastien}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he development of water supply and sanitation networks in the cities of {L}atin {A}merica have mostly followed {E}uropean models, with city-wide systems providing water through a network of pipes controlled by a single operator. {T}his article explores alternatives to this system through a case study of {L}a {P}az and {E}l {A}lto in {B}olivia, where many families get their water from cooperatives. {T}he objectives of this article, based on spatial analysis, questionnaires, interviews and observations, is to study the ways in which large technical systems and alternative systems potentially complement one another. {T}he {B}olivian case provides an original perspective on the social conditions of possibility for the collective 'self-organization' of water governance.}, keywords = {{ALIMENTATION} {EN} {EAU} ; {EAU} {POTABLE} ; {SOCIETE} {URBAINE} ; {RESSOURCES} {EN} {EAU} ; {GESTION} ; {COOPERATIVE} ; {ANALYSE} {SPATIALE} ; {INEGALITE} {SOCIALE} ; {CENTRALISATION} ; {ALTERNATIVE} ; {GESTION} {COMMUNAUTAIRE} ; {COMPLEMENTARITE} ; {VIABILITE} ; {GOUVERNANCE} ; {LA} {PAZ} {BOLIVIE} ; {EL} {ALTO}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{W}ater {I}nternational}, volume = {42}, numero = {1}, pages = {73--91}, ISSN = {0250-8060}, year = {2017}, DOI = {10.1080/02508060.2016.1219196}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068611}, }