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The geography of water inequality in Cape Town

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Cape Town’s water crisis reveals that broken pipes are symptoms of broken governance, where apartheid’s spatial legacy, rapid urban densification, and the commodification of water create cascading environmental and social injustices that can only be solved through inclusive, community-centred approaches that treat water as life rather than a resource.

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/31055842

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Water Governance and Infrastructure

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Clean water and sanitation, Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7123788533

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