Urban territorial planning and integrated watershed management in comparative perspective. the Mendoza (Argentina) and Aconcagua (Chile) rivers
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Extreme weather phenomena (heat waves, forest fires, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, warmer and more acidic oceans, hurricanes, droughts and floods, etc.), which are changing and intensifying as a result of climate change, are seriously affecting the lives of people in both urban and rural areas. One of the most urgent problems to be solved is water scarcity.It has been demonstrated that part of this meteorological drought is due to human actions and that the water variable must be integrated into urban and land use planning.The hypothesis of this research is that factors of different nature do not allow achieving territorial planning based on integrated watershed management,in the two investigated case studies: the Mendoza River Basin in Argentina and the Aconcagua River Basin in Chile.The objective of this study was to analyze the regulatory, institutional, governance, sustainability, and climate change components that hinder integrated water resource managementthrough a qualitative methodology. Both case studies reveal obstacles to achieving territorial planning based on integrated watershed management. The Chilean case presents even greater difficulties due to a regulatory and legal framework that still centers on private ownership of water.
Authors: Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de Chile, Natalia Escudero Peña, Liber Martin, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Universidad de Mendoza, Rubén Sepúlveda Ocampo, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de Chile, Verónica D'Inca, Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño, Universidad de Mendoza, Oscar Razquin, Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño, Universidad de Mendoza, José Bravo Sánchez, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de Chile, Marcela Andino, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Universidad de Mendoza
Institution: University of Mendoza
Language: English
Subfield: Water Science and Technology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4401929740