Abstract This essay explores the multiple ways in which the nexuses between water scarcity and climate change are socially and historically grounded in ordinary people's lived experiences and are embedded in specific fields of power. Here we specifically delineate four critical dimensions in which the water crises confronting the African continent in an age of climate change are clearly expressed: the increasing scarcity, privatization, and commodification of water in urban centers; the impact of large dams on the countryside; the health consequences of water shortages and how they, in turn, affect other aspects of people's experiences, sociopolitical dynamics, and well-being, broadly conceived; and water governance and the politics of water at the local, national, and transnational levels. These overarching themes form the collective basis for the host of essays in this volume that provide rich accounts of conflicts and struggles over water use and how these tensions have been mitigated.

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全球气候变化时代的非洲水安全

摘要 本文探讨了水资源短缺与气候变化之间的联系在社会和历史上以普通人的生活经历为基础并嵌入特定权力领域的多种方式。在这里，我们特别描述了四个关键维度，在这些维度上，非洲大陆在气候变化时代面临的水危机得到了清晰的表达：城市中心水资源日益稀缺、私有化和商品化；大型水坝对农村的影响；水资源短缺的健康后果以及它们如何反过来影响人们经验、社会政治动态和福祉的其他方面，从广义上讲；地方、国家和跨国层面的水治理和水政治。