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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Autor: Pacheco-Vega, Raúl
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
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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.