- Examines water appropriation at the metropolitan scale, foregrounding inequities in intra-metropolitan water distribution
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Mumbai appropriated water within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region through formal planning mechanisms
- A river basin development approach was strategically used to control mainland water resources for a city on an island
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Water originally reserved for irrigation was diverted to Mumbai by framing the transfer as temporary and emergency
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Technopolitical manoeuvres legitimised Mumbai’s water appropriation, marginalising other urban local bodies in the region
