A half-baked solution: drivers of water crises in Mexico
Mexico is considered a regional economic and political powerhouse because of the size of its economy, and a large population in constant growth. However, this same growth accompanied by management and governance failures are causing several water crises across the country. The paper aims at iden...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2018-02-01
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| Series: | Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.proc-iahs.net/376/57/2018/piahs-376-57-2018.pdf |
| Summary: | Mexico is considered a regional economic and political powerhouse
because of the size of its economy, and a large population in constant
growth. However, this same growth accompanied by management and governance
failures are causing several water crises across the country. The paper aims
at identifying and analyzing the drivers of water crises. Water authorities
seem to focus solely on large infrastructural schemes to counter the looming
water crises, but fail to structure a set of policies for the improvement of
management and governance institutions. The paper concludes with the
implications of a business-as-usual policy based on infrastructure for
solving water problems, which include a non-compliance to the human right to
water and sanitation, ecosystem collapses and water conflicts. |
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| ISSN: | 2199-8981 2199-899X |