The megaproject of the El Zapotillo dam as a centroidal node of intractable conflict. An analysis from the political ecology
Controversies generated by El Zapotillo dam, in the occidental state of Jalisco, México, have led to a series of civil society negative affectations. Admittedly, conditions of drought and water scarcity make megaprojects necessary. In this article, a political ecology view is taken to analyze the in...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA |
| Repositorio: | Espiral Estudios sobre Estado y Sociedad |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:espiral.cucsh.udg.mx:article/5283 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://espiral.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/EEES/article/view/5283 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | conflictos gobernanza del agua megaproyectos ecología política El Zapotillo. conflicts water governance megaprojects political ecology |
| Resumo: | Controversies generated by El Zapotillo dam, in the occidental state of Jalisco, México, have led to a series of civil society negative affectations. Admittedly, conditions of drought and water scarcity make megaprojects necessary. In this article, a political ecology view is taken to analyze the intractable conflict generated by El Zapotillo, in an attempt to map power relations and inequalities that are accentuated in a context where technocratic responses to solve water stress come from hierarchical institutions and systemic structure that makes governance decisions top-down and not bottom-up, ignoring communities’ opinions. |
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