The spotted zebra: Cohabitation between informal solutions and public-owned infrastructures for water supply in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region

In many emerging and developing countries hybrid systems, not completely public nor private, have become a regrettable unstandardized ‘standard’ for water and sanitation service (WSS) provisions. These spotted zebras deserve the attention of both the scientific community and policymakers being ambig...

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Autores principales:	Antonella Maiello, Ana Lucia Nogueira de Paiva Britto, Suyá Quintslr
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Publicado:	IWA Publishing 2021
Materias:	hybrid systems informal solutions rio de janeiro socio-technical systems water supply River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:20c7d33ad4ee48ec95eb29f73365c0f02021-11-05T20:08:21ZThe spotted zebra: Cohabitation between informal solutions and public-owned infrastructures for water supply in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region1366-70171996-975910.2166/wp.2020.115https://doaj.org/article/20c7d33ad4ee48ec95eb29f73365c0f02021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://wp.iwaponline.com/content/23/1/187https://doaj.org/toc/1366-7017https://doaj.org/toc/1996-9759In many emerging and developing countries hybrid systems, not completely public nor private, have become a regrettable unstandardized ‘standard’ for water and sanitation service (WSS) provisions. These spotted zebras deserve the attention of both the scientific community and policymakers being ambiguous solutions. On the one hand, the hybrid systems allow broadening the access to the water supply service in face of the challenge to manage, maintain and adapt large infrastructures in a time of increasing climate change impacts, water-supply demand and drinking water scarcity. On the other hand, by embodying informal artefacts and unregulated behaviours to use natural resources, the hybrid systems enhance the vulnerability and precariousness of the population that is normally not reached by the formal public infrastructure. The paper presents findings of research conducted in Queimados, in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area. Our study suggests that grassroots solutions, albeit being an opportunity when integrated, represent a threat when standing alone, and it is critical to further discuss ways to promote such integration within a structured institutional public framework. Conclusions stress the need to rethink the grassroots engagement within socio-technical transition emphasizing the nexus between political culture, civic education and infrastructural solutions. Highlights We explored a hybrid system for water supply in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region.; We conducted in-depth field research developing both a survey and semistructured interviews.; We found opportunities related to a micro-scale water supply system, but threats associated to the informality.; We stress the importance of developing nexuses among publicness, education and infrastructures.;Antonella MaielloAna Lucia Nogueira de Paiva BrittoSuyá QuintslrIWA Publishingarticlehybrid systemsinformal solutionsrio de janeirosocio-technical systemswater supplyRiver, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)TC401-506ENWater Policy, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 187-204 (2021)
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description	In many emerging and developing countries hybrid systems, not completely public nor private, have become a regrettable unstandardized ‘standard’ for water and sanitation service (WSS) provisions. These spotted zebras deserve the attention of both the scientific community and policymakers being ambiguous solutions. On the one hand, the hybrid systems allow broadening the access to the water supply service in face of the challenge to manage, maintain and adapt large infrastructures in a time of increasing climate change impacts, water-supply demand and drinking water scarcity. On the other hand, by embodying informal artefacts and unregulated behaviours to use natural resources, the hybrid systems enhance the vulnerability and precariousness of the population that is normally not reached by the formal public infrastructure. The paper presents findings of research conducted in Queimados, in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area. Our study suggests that grassroots solutions, albeit being an opportunity when integrated, represent a threat when standing alone, and it is critical to further discuss ways to promote such integration within a structured institutional public framework. Conclusions stress the need to rethink the grassroots engagement within socio-technical transition emphasizing the nexus between political culture, civic education and infrastructural solutions. Highlights We explored a hybrid system for water supply in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region.; We conducted in-depth field research developing both a survey and semistructured interviews.; We found opportunities related to a micro-scale water supply system, but threats associated to the informality.; We stress the importance of developing nexuses among publicness, education and infrastructures.;
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author	Antonella Maiello Ana Lucia Nogueira de Paiva Britto Suyá Quintslr
author_facet	Antonella Maiello Ana Lucia Nogueira de Paiva Britto Suyá Quintslr
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title	The spotted zebra: Cohabitation between informal solutions and public-owned infrastructures for water supply in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region
title_short	The spotted zebra: Cohabitation between informal solutions and public-owned infrastructures for water supply in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region
title_full	The spotted zebra: Cohabitation between informal solutions and public-owned infrastructures for water supply in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region
title_fullStr	The spotted zebra: Cohabitation between informal solutions and public-owned infrastructures for water supply in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region
title_full_unstemmed	The spotted zebra: Cohabitation between informal solutions and public-owned infrastructures for water supply in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region
title_sort	spotted zebra: cohabitation between informal solutions and public-owned infrastructures for water supply in the rio de janeiro metropolitan region
publisher	IWA Publishing
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The spotted zebra: Cohabitation between informal solutions and public-owned infrastructures for water supply in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region

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