Water management in Spain. Ongoing challenges, crises, innovations, pitfalls

La gestion de l'eau en Espagne. Défi permanent, crises, innovations, écueils

Joël Brémond (joel.bremond@univ-nantes.fr)
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Joël Brémond: CRINI - Centre de recherche sur les identités, les nations et l'interculturalité - Nantes Univ - UFR FLCE - Nantes Université - UFR Faculté des Langues et Cultures Etrangères - Nantes Université - pôle Humanités - Nantes Univ - Nantes Université

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Abstract: Spain, whose economic takeoff was long delayed by water shortages, has become the vegetable and fruit garden of Europe and the favorite destination of millions of tourists from northern countries, thanks to its generous sunshine. This article analyses the tools implemented to overcome this handicap which seemed insuperable: the construction of numerous dams, inter-river basin transfers, massive desalination of sea water, mainly. However, given the evolution of the climate, the pressure of economic actors and the demands of ecology, this model remains fragile.

Keywords: water management in Spain; dams; Tajo-Segura transfer; sea water desalination; water war; gestion de l’eau en Espagne; barrages; transvasement Tajo-Segura; dessalement de l’eau de mer; guerre de l’eau (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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Published in Cahiers du CRINI, 2023, Crises et défis dans les échanges internationaux : Supply chain et commerce, mondialisation et cultures locales, 4, pp.21

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