Title Murky waters: the impact of privatizing water use on environmental degradation and the exclusion of local communities in the Caribbean
Authors SENENT DE FRUTOS, JUAN ANTONIO
External publication No
Means Int. J. Water Resour. Dev.
Scope Article
Nature Científica
JCR Quartile 2
SJR Quartile 1
JCR Impact 3.77600
SJR Impact 0.82100
Web https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85109818194&doi=10.1080%2f07900627.2021.1931052&partnerID=40&md5=63028ce41262252665def39236f4d514
Publication date 01/01/2021
ISI 000670515100001
Scopus Id 2-s2.0-85109818194
DOI 10.1080/07900627.2021.1931052
Abstract The effects of climate change on tropical ecosystems cannot be interpreted based on physical variables alone. Severe water shortages and deterioration of ecosystems are most acute in places where historical inequalities occur, such as unequal access to land and other goods and rights necessary for the livelihood of marginalized populations. This paper explores environmental transformations and their repercussions on water resources based on spatial analysis and fieldwork carried out in the Colombian Caribbean. We have engaged with peasant and Afro-descendant populations who have been excluded from water use and now face problems in sustaining their way of life. © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords Climate change; Deterioration; Ecosystems; Water resources; Colombians; Local community; Physical variables; Spatial analysis; Tropical ecosystems; Water shortages; Water use; Water supply
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