State, market or community failure? Untangling the determinants of groundwater depletion in Copiapó (Chile)

Jean-Daniel Rinaudo () and Guillermo Donoso
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Jean-Daniel Rinaudo: BRGM - Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

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Abstract: This paper analyses the factors that explain why groundwater can be over-exploited despite the existence of sophisticated water laws, institutions and effective state agencies responsible for water management. The analysis is based on a case study conducted in the Copiapó Valley in Northern Chile. Based on an analysis of water use data, policy documents and interviews with a variety of stakeholders, the paper highlights the state's failure to perform some of its key missions and the ineffectiveness of groundwater users' associations in water management despite a very supportive legal framework. The paper concludes with some recommendations on how ensure long-term sustainable groundwater use.

Keywords: Chile; collective management; governance; groundwater depletion; water policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in International Journal of Water Resources Development, 2019, 35 (2), pp.283-304. ⟨10.1080/07900627.2017.1417116⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2017.1417116

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