1244 | Water in the Anthropocene: social issues, policies and governance | Joaquim Farguell Pérez (1); Sylvain Rode (3); Sylvain Dournel (2); Albert Santasusagna Riu (1)
Water is absolutely necessary for any living being on Earth. Indeed, humans have been using it since the dawn of civilization for drinking, fishing, irrigation or food and power supply. However, the deepest transformation and alteration of the water cycle, rivers, underground water or other water bodies has occurred during the 19th and the 20th century, in the so-called Anthropocene period (population growth, city expansion, increasing need for water supply and irrigation demand). On the other side, massive drainage operations and the increasing of hydropower production in a current climate emergency context have led to a strong depletion of wetlands and water resources. In a geohistorical approach, what are the economic, political and social causes of this change? What are their dynamics and spatial expressions? And now, how we could address this scenario? How to manage water resources while safeguarding fluvial ecosystems and water bodies in general? How to learn and promote new forms of sustainability in water management? What are the restoration projects of degraded water ecosystems? What are the related reference states? Which of them make sense considering spatil dynamics of territories?In this session we would like to apply a scientific, governance or policy applications point of view to analyze, discuss and understand the scenarios we are exposed to, and the territorial actions that restore degraded water bodies ecosystems from the damage caused during the Anthropocene. This session will accept communications in English/French.
Joaquim Farguell Pérez (1); Sylvain Rode (3); Sylvain Dournel (2); Albert Santasusagna Riu (1)
(1) Universitat de Barcelona, (2) Université d’Orléans, (3) Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
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