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Murky waters: the impact of privatizing water use on environmental degradation and the exclusion of local communities in the Caribbean

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  • Johana Herrera Arango
  • Juan Antonio Senent-De Frutos
  • Elías Helo Molina

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The effects of climate change on tropical ecosystems cannot be interpreted based on physical variables alone. Severe water shortages and deterioration of ecosystems are most acute in places where historical inequalities occur, such as unequal access to land and other goods and rights necessary for the livelihood of marginalized populations. This paper explores environmental transformations and their repercussions on water resources based on spatial analysis and fieldwork carried out in the Colombian Caribbean. We have engaged with peasant and Afro-descendant populations who have been excluded from water use and now face problems in sustaining their way of life.

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  • Johana Herrera Arango & Juan Antonio Senent-De Frutos & Elías Helo Molina, 2022. "Murky waters: the impact of privatizing water use on environmental degradation and the exclusion of local communities in the Caribbean," International Journal of Water Resources Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(1), pages 152-172, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cijwxx:v:38:y:2022:i:1:p:152-172
    DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2021.1931052
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    1. Juan Antonio Senent-De Frutos & Johana Herrera Arango, 2022. "Contributions of Intercultural Socioenvironmental Justice to the 2030 Agenda in the Colombian Caribbean," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-24, June.

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