The Human Right to Water:Threats from Privatization in Pittsburgh and the World

Activity Type: 
Lecture
Date: 
Thursday, April 4, 2019 - 12:00 to 13:30
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
4130 Posvar
Contact Person: 
Jackie Smith
Contact Email: 
jgsmith@pitt.edu

Emanuele Lobina, Department of International Business and Economics, University of Greenwich and Public Services International, provides a global look at the forces shaping today's heightened debate around access to water. How are pressures to privatize water utilities impacting cities around the world-including Pittsburgh? Representatives from Pittsburgh's Our Water Campaign will comment on local and transnational efforts to stop privatization.

UCIS Unit: 
Global Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors: 
Department of Sociology