On contested water governance and the making of urban financialisation: Exploring the case of metropolitan São Paulo, Brazil

Jeroen Klink, Vanessa Lucena Empinotti and Marcelo Aversa
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Jeroen Klink: Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil
Vanessa Lucena Empinotti: Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil
Marcelo Aversa: Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil

Urban Studies, 2020, vol. 57, issue 8, 1676-1695

Abstract: The literature on urban financialisation has prioritised the analysis of what finance does in the context of industrialised countries. This paper contributes to an understanding of what it is, and specifically how it emerges from the entanglements between the accumulation of intergovernmental debt, pricing and valuation practices – involving state and municipal utilities, regulatory agencies and consultancies – in the gradual transformation of shared into shareholder water governance in Brazilian metropolitan areas. Moreover, we provide a first illustration of how a more articulate approach between political economics and social studies of finance might contribute to an understanding of the making of urban financialisation, with a particular relevance for a context of less developed capital markets.

Keywords: Brazilian metropolitan area; economic processes; calculative practices; financialisation; governance; infrastructure; planning; 巴西大都市区; ç» æµŽè¿‡ç¨‹; è®¡ç®—å šæ³•; é‡‘èž åŒ–; æ²»ç †; 基础设施; 规划 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098019844390

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