Franck Poupeau, Lala Razafilahela, Jérémy Robert, Delphine Mercier, Gilles Massardier, Pedro Roberto Jacobi (dir.), Water conflicts and hydrocracy in the Americas. Coalitions, networks, policies
At a time when, with the help of climate change, droughts are set to multiply in many parts of the world, the qualification of water as ‘blue gold’ seems more relevant than ever. However, the latter has a major flaw: that of suggesting that it is a natural and naturally scarce resource, even though...
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2020
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| Résumé: | At a time when, with the help of climate change, droughts are set to multiply in many parts of the world, the qualification of water as ‘blue gold’ seems more relevant than ever. However, the latter has a major flaw: that of suggesting that it is a natural and naturally scarce resource, even though the challenges it poses also cover excesses, as illustrated by floods, and above all that its distribution and freshwater quality are very closely dependent on human activities. In other words, th... |
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