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El Embalse De Mequinenza: Su Aportación Al Delta Del Ebro Y Su Potencialidad Para El Desarrollo Económico

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  • Miguel-Angel ALMAZAN-GOMEZ
  • Julio SANCHEZ-CHOLIZ

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El presente trabajo se centra en evaluar la disponibilidad de agua del tramo bajo de la cuenca del Ebro, especialmente en el embalse de Mequinenza. Para ello se han analizado los usos de agua en la región y se ha construido un modelo hidrológico simple que optimiza el cumplimiento de los requerimientos mensuales del delta en relación con los caudales mínimos medioambientales. Partiendo de datos hidrológicos publicados por la Confederación Hidrológica del Ebro y de datos económicos de la zona se ha calibrado el modelo y se han descrito algunos aspectos relevantes de la estructura económica de la zona, asumiendo, por simplicidad, que la regulación puede recaer en tres embalses: Mequinenza, Ribarroja y Rialb. En el modelo hídrico se simulan diversos escenarios, obteniéndose resultados que pueden ser sugerentes de cara a la elaboración de futuras propuestas de gestión del agua en ese tramo del río. This work focuses on assessing the availability of water in the last stretch of the Ebro basin, especially in the Mequinenza reservoir, using a simple hydrological model that analyses the uses of water in this area, also optimizing the fulfilling of the delta monthly requirements related to environmental flows. Economic data have been calculated for describing relevant aspect for this region economy, and the theoretical model is calibrated for the hydrological data from basin authority, whose key control variables are the water levels of these reservoirs: Mequinenza, Ribarroja and Rialb. These data also help to describe some relevant aspects of the economic structure of the area. With the hydrologic model various scenarios are simulated, obtaining relevant results for facing the future development of water management proposals.

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  • Miguel-Angel ALMAZAN-GOMEZ & Julio SANCHEZ-CHOLIZ, 2016. "El Embalse De Mequinenza: Su Aportación Al Delta Del Ebro Y Su Potencialidad Para El Desarrollo Económico," Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 16(2), pages 147-166.
  • Handle: RePEc:eaa:eerese:v:16:y2016:i:2_10
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    Keywords

    Modelo hídrico; Cuenca del Ebro; caudales ecológicos; cooperación de agentes; desarrollo sostenible; Hydrological model; Ebro basin; environmental flows; agent cooperation; sustainable development.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water
    • Q28 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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