Journal article
‘We live on estimates’: everyday practices of prepaid electricity and the urban condition in Maputo, Mozambique
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This article examines the transition to prepaid electricity happening in Maputo, Mozambique to reflect on the contemporary geographies of urban energy infrastructure and urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa and other cities of the South. Drawing on fieldwork and archival research conducted in 2013 and 2014, the article argues that prepayment constitutes a productive juncture in the urban experience of electricity infrastructure in Maputo’s post-colonial moment, not just a neutral technology or ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1111/1468-2427.12314
- Publication website:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/1468-2427.12314/abstract
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- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
- Volume:
- 39
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 1004–1019
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- ISSN:
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1468-2427
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- Language:
- English
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- Deposit date:
- 2015-08-03
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- Copyright holder:
- Urban Research Publications Limited
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Rights statement:
- Copyright © 2016 Urban Research Publications Limited.
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