Water is a necessary everyday commodity, and every modern society is dependent on
urbanized water. Nevertheless, people take water for granted. People do not think about
drinking or sewage water networks, because water simply comes and goes. However, a
hybrid and heterogeneous network involving water intertwines nature and human activities.
This socionature varies with regard to its stability, extension and forms of time and space. A
key scholar of the geography of water, Karen Bakker (2005, p. 546), has stated that the …

The Latvian Green Party (Zal¸ a Partija, ZP), as part of the Green/Farmers' Union (Zal¸ o un
Zemnieku Savienı¯ ba, ZZS), has been an important actor in Latvian politics. As part of a
minority government led by ZZS, Indulis Emsis was the world's first Green party prime
minister, although his government only lasted for ten months. Indeed, ZZS has been in every
government coalition since November 2002. Despite this success in Latvian party politics,
environmentalism has become increasingly depoliticized since the pro-environmental …