Hydraulic bricolages: coexisting water supply and access regimes in N’Djamena, Chad

This article investigates the ambivalent interconnectedness of water supply regimes of N’Djamena, the Chadian capital. Multiple water supply regimes coexist in N’Djamena and produce what I termed “hydraulic bricolages”. The article documents daily activities of the Technical Directorate of the Socié...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:07eee4c9c1324529bbcb401a0a0558a92021-12-02T11:25:43ZHydraulic bricolages: coexisting water supply and access regimes in N’Djamena, Chad1963-119710.4000/echogeo.22514https://doaj.org/article/07eee4c9c1324529bbcb401a0a0558a92021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/22514https://doaj.org/toc/1963-1197This article investigates the ambivalent interconnectedness of water supply regimes of N’Djamena, the Chadian capital. Multiple water supply regimes coexist in N’Djamena and produce what I termed “hydraulic bricolages”. The article documents daily activities of the Technical Directorate of the Société Tchadienne des Eaux (Chad’s water national company, STE), insisting on limited available means and improvising methods that characterise hydraulic bricolages. The article then turns to alternative regimes, notably based on (cheap) water hand pumps and (costly) private boreholes. It qualifies the notion of “competing” sociotechnical regimes and stresses patterns of coexistence.Ismaël MaazazPôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographiquearticlewater regimebricolageChadinfrastructureurban studiesGeography (General)G1-922FREchoGéo, Vol 57 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language FR
topic water regime
bricolage
Chad
infrastructure
urban studies
Geography (General)
G1-922
spellingShingle water regime
bricolage
Chad
infrastructure
urban studies
Geography (General)
G1-922
Ismaël Maazaz
Hydraulic bricolages: coexisting water supply and access regimes in N’Djamena, Chad
description This article investigates the ambivalent interconnectedness of water supply regimes of N’Djamena, the Chadian capital. Multiple water supply regimes coexist in N’Djamena and produce what I termed “hydraulic bricolages”. The article documents daily activities of the Technical Directorate of the Société Tchadienne des Eaux (Chad’s water national company, STE), insisting on limited available means and improvising methods that characterise hydraulic bricolages. The article then turns to alternative regimes, notably based on (cheap) water hand pumps and (costly) private boreholes. It qualifies the notion of “competing” sociotechnical regimes and stresses patterns of coexistence.
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author Ismaël Maazaz
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title Hydraulic bricolages: coexisting water supply and access regimes in N’Djamena, Chad
title_short Hydraulic bricolages: coexisting water supply and access regimes in N’Djamena, Chad
title_full Hydraulic bricolages: coexisting water supply and access regimes in N’Djamena, Chad
title_fullStr Hydraulic bricolages: coexisting water supply and access regimes in N’Djamena, Chad
title_full_unstemmed Hydraulic bricolages: coexisting water supply and access regimes in N’Djamena, Chad
title_sort hydraulic bricolages: coexisting water supply and access regimes in n’djamena, chad
publisher Pôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographique
publishDate 2021
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