World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2018
Transboundary Water Governance in Mexico: The Case of the Northern and Southern Borders
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2018: International Perspectives, History and Heritage, Emerging Technologies, and Student Papers
ABSTRACT
The aim of this presentation is to draw an overview of the existing regime of transboundary water governance in Mexico. The focus is given to the study case of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo basin shared between Mexico and the United Sates, and of the Usumacinta River basin shared between Mexico and Guatemala. Both, transboundary river basins, share similar challenges and particular issues related to the borders they respectively define. However, both study cases show great differences concerning the ensemble of institutions and policy instruments of governance of water resources. How can best be framed each of the regimes of transboundary water governance? Some preliminary conclusions will be elaborated through a qualitative case study methodology.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author highlights that this manuscript represents an initial component of an ongoing research aimed to contribute to the success of a larger research project entitled “Towards a Sustainable Management of Water in the Southeast of Mexico and Adjacent Areas of Central America” which is being carry out at the Center for Global Change and Sustainability in the Southeast, C.A. (CCGSS). Besides, it is important to mention that an important source of information has been obtained from a set of preliminary results from the project FORDECyT 273646 Cambio Global y Sustentabilidad en la Cuenca del Río Usumacinta y Zona Marina de Influencia. Bases para La Adaptación al Cambio Climático desde la Ciencia y la Gestión del Territorio, November 2017.
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World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2018: International Perspectives, History and Heritage, Emerging Technologies, and Student Papers
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