RT Journal Article
T1 Social resistance to the hydrological transition in southern Spain: public support for the building of new reservoirs
A1 Lafuente, Regina
A1 Ganuza, Ernesto
A1 Paneque, Pilar
K1 Reservoirs
K1 Social resistance
K1 Hydrological transition
K1 Drought
K1 Southern Spain
K1 Guadalquivir
AB Spain has the most reservoirs in Europe, and is near the top of the list globally. Despite this, national hydrological planning still continues to rely overwhelmingly on this type of infrastructure.This indicates that the traditional hydraulic paradigm is deeply entrenched in Spain. The present work takes the new, hitherto unexplored perspective of public resistance, and seeks to complement other studies by aiming to understand why a hydrological transition, in line with environmental demands, has not taken place in Spain. In order to do this, we analyze data from a representative survey (years 2004–2013) of the residents of one of Spain’s most densely regulated drainage basins, that of the Guadalquivir River. Our results reveal that during a several drought (2005–2008), people’s support for the construction of new reservoirs declined sharply, whilst social resistance to changes in the water management strategy was associated with profiles closest to the agricultural sectorm and characterized by a lack of awareness about water distribution in productive sectors
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020-02-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23386
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23386
LA en
NO Lafuente, R.; Ganuza, E.; Paneque, P. (2020): Social Resistance to the Hydrological Transition in Southern Spain: Public Support for the Building of New Reservoirs. Resources, 9(22). DOI: 10.3390/resources9030022
NO Departamento de Geografía, Historia y Filosofía; Instituto de Estudios Sociales de Andalucía del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IESA-CSIC)
DS RIO
RD Apr 24, 2026