RT Journal Article
T1 Drought management strategies in Spain
A1 Paneque, Pilar
K1 Water Framework Directive
K1 Water policies
K1 Risk
K1 Drought
AB The ongoing debate on water policies in Spain is characterised by a traditional paradigm, dominated by the intervention on hydrological systems through the construction and management of infrastructure, which is progressively being abandoned but is currently still strong while the emergence of new management approaches. Climate change and the Water Framework Directive (WFD) are, in addition, the background to increasing challenges to traditional perspectives on drought, and important steps have been taken towards their replacement. This work analyzes the evolution of the normative structure and management models to identify recent shifts. The analysis is based on a fundamental conceptual change that places drought in the framework of risk, rather than that of crisis. I argue for the need to advance new prevention policies that can finally overcome productivist inertia and undertake essential tasks such as reallocating water flows, revising and controlling the water-concession system, and reinforcing and guaranteeing public participation.
PB MDPI
YR 2015
FD 2015-11-26
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23389
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23389
LA en
NO Paneque, P. (2015). Drought Management Strategies in Spain. Water, 7(12), 6689-6701. https://doi.org/10.3390/w7126655
NO Departamento de Geografía, Historia y Filosofía
DS RIO
RD May 13, 2026