Ideas económicas en torno al servicio de abastecimiento urbano de agua en la Gran Bretaña del siglo XIX

José Luis Ramos Gorostiza and Ana Rosado Cubero
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José Luis Ramos Gorostiza: Departamento de Historia e Instituciones Económicas I, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), España
Ana Rosado Cubero: Departamento de Historia e Instituciones Económicas I, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), España

Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (IHE-EHR), Journal of the Spanish Economic History Association, 2015, vol. 11, issue 01, 1-9

Abstract: By the mid-nineteenth century, along with other network infrastructures typical of the second industrial revolution, began to take shape the modern system of water supply. The purpose of this paper is to examine the major economic ideas surrounding the beginnings of this new urban service in Britain during the second half of the nineteenth century, which marked a starting point for future analytical developments. First, the socioeconomic importance of improvement of public health through an intensive use of running water. Second, the emergence of the concept of natural monopoly. And finally, the debate about the organization of service management. This interesting case gives us the opportunity to observe the interaction, in both directions, between facts and economic ideas. KEY Classification-JEL: B00. B10

Keywords: Abastecimiento; urbano; de; agua.; Gran; Bretaña.; Salud; pública.; Monopolio; natural (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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