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crime
Not inevitable.
Mexico and the Drug War 60k killed 2006-2014, 1.6 mil disappeared
Explosion of violence, homicide rate in Juarez 170 per 100,000
Map, showing types of drugs being moved, territorial.
o Failed state- Somalia, bc not exercising authority
(partialized.. something)
o Challenge to mexico is it fragile or failed?
No, functioning democracy with corruption, but
Water
Resource how does it get politicized, how does it enter into not a profit for
state but has to be provided to everyone (basic human right)
Things central to and independent of global climate change and what it may
mean for water
World population growing..
Green revolution (in india context, imposing new demands on
agriculture)
Proportion of people chronically short of water will rise to 45% (4
billion) by 2050
o 10-15 yrs ago, in development, not talking about global water
crisis.
o Urban transformation (living in cities, huge mega cities, slums
without access to drinking water/sanitation)
o Proportion of Indians defecating outside
Access to sanitation.. in midst of indian economic
miracle
Global issue, framed in many ways
Demography (demand by demands of agricultural systems..
population)
Sao Paulo State
Running out of water
44 mil peeps. Worst drought in 80 yrs
6 reservoirs supply to city, each has 4% of capacity.
Brazilian water board Sau Paulo could run out of water in 2
weeks.
o Rationing of water, closing schools early, restaurants close
bathrooms
o Brazil has more freshwater than any other part of the
continent (12% global fresh water is in that country!)
Unlike oil/coltan, water is renewable. Oil is non renewable (in geological
time, yes but not in human history)
Water plenty of it..
Yemen, likely to become the first country on fossil water (deep
aquifers pumping).. will run out of water.
o Getting access to water in certain places can be tricky
Where is the water? Where is the population?
Sau Paulo, most inner city neighbor hoods, dont get water for 6-12
hrs a day
Water story in relationship to resources in general
How does water/politics of water compare to oil story?
Resources
Available in nature, capable of being transformed into things that
are useful for humans
Oil
o Biofeuls
Tar..
If oil prices reach a certain level, transforming tar sands
into oil is another method.. expensive..
Northern alberta massive transformation to get
it
How much is there? And if its finite/non renewable, whats the point
in which the rate of extraction is maximized?
o Peak oil debate
o Have we reached globally/nationally peak oil
In terms of oil, we would peak in ~1975
Water
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