The world´s population is moving to the cities. Cities in developing countries are growing especially fast. About one billion of the world´s 3,5 billion urban inhabitants are living in informal settlements, or slums. This number is expected to increase. What kind of access to the cities´ infrastructure do these people have? Do they have electricity, drinking water, sewage systems and transportation?

Habitat Norway wishes to address these and other issues in the seminar series «Infrastructure 2013». The first of these seminars will be about water in urban areas. How is access to water in cities different to that of rural areas? How do social relations and privatization affect the access to water?

Program (in Norwegian):

Introduksjon
Therese Staal Brekke, Habitat Norge

Nyliberale strategier for urbane vanntjenester – makt og fordeling
Jørgen E. Magdahl, Foreningen for Internasjonale Vannstudier (FIVAS)

Vanntilgang – mer enn bare kvantitative variabler? Case Luanda
Henrik Lindblom, Habitat Norge

Vann og avløpsløsninger i fremtidens byer. Case Bangalore/New York
Petter D Jenssen, Universitetet for Miljø og Biovitenskap (UMB)

Spørsmål/ avsluttende diskusjon

Ordstyrer: Therese Staal Brekke

Location: Internasjonalen, Oslo
Date: March 20, at 19:00.
Language: Norwegian
Free entrance

Organized by Habitat Norway & Association for International Water Studies

More info on ‘Infrastructure 2013‘.