De l'eau agricole à l'eau environnementale

De l'eau agricole à l'eau environnementale
Author: Chantal Aspe
Publisher: Editions Quae
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2012-03-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 2759216969

« Les choses de la nature n’ont de statut que celui que les sociétés leur accordent ». C’est à partir de cette hypothèse que les auteurs de cet ouvrage analysent le changement actuel du statut de l’eau dans les pays du Bassin méditerranéen. Peu à peu, l’« eau agricole » laisse place à l’« eau environnementale ». Aujourd’hui, les ouvrages hydrauliques à vocation agricole sont conçus pour rendre des services environnementaux comme la protection de la biodiversité et du paysage, l’arrosage des jardins, la gestion des inondations et du débit d’étiage des rivières ou les recharges de nappe phréatique. Déjà, en 2000, une directive cadre européenne sur l’eau témoignait de ces mutations et les suscitait à travers la nécessité de faire des économies d’eau. Mais ces transformations ne se font pas au même rythme au nord ou au sud du Bassin méditerranéen. D’un pays à l’autre, les formes de résistance et d’adaptation sont très diverses. Les auteurs donnent de ces nouveaux enjeux de partage de l’eau un éclairage multiple, international et pluridisciplinaire. Sociologues, économistes, géographes, spécialistes de l’écologie ou de l’hydrobiologie, ils présentent des expériences issues de leur pays d’origine, la France, l’Espagne, le Maroc, l’Algérie, la Tunisie et l’Italie. Au cœur de l’actualité économique et sociale contemporaine, cet ouvrage s’adresse aussi bien aux chercheurs, enseignants et étudiants qui s’intéressent à la gestion de l’eau en Méditerranée qu’aux décideurs et professionnels en charge de la recomposition de ce secteur.

Water, Technology and the Nation-State

Water, Technology and the Nation-State
Author: Filippo Menga
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2018-05-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351754734

Just as space, territory and society can be socially and politically co-constructed, so can water, and thus the construction of hydraulic infrastructures can be mobilised by politicians to consolidate their grip on power while nurturing their own vision of what the nation is or should become. This book delves into the complex and often hidden connection between water, technological advancement and the nation-state, addressing two major questions. First, the arguments deployed consider how water as a resource can be ideologically constructed, imagined and framed to create and reinforce a national identity, and secondly, how the idea of a nation-state can and is materially co-constituted out of the material infrastructure through which water is harnessed and channelled. The book consists of 13 theoretical and empirical interdisciplinary chapters covering four continents. The case studies cover a diverse range of geographical areas and countries, including China, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Nepal and Thailand, and together illustrate that the meaning and rationale behind water infrastructures goes well beyond the control and regulation of water resources, as it becomes central in the unfolding of power dynamics across time and space.

Oases and Globalization

Oases and Globalization
Author: Emilie Lavie
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2017-03-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319507494

This book is a reference work about the study of oases in the context of globalization. It is based on selected papers presented at the international colloquium entitled Oases in the Globalization, Ruptures and Continuities in Paris (December 16-17th, 2013). The main issue was to understand how oases have been excluded from or included into the process of globalization. In this context, the present book proposes firstly a discussion about the definition(s) of oasis and secondly several case studies analysing socio-spatial mutations in the oasis structure. The third part deals with the compelling globalization at different spatial scales, using two entries: the water management and local impacts of external control.

INCREaSE

INCREaSE
Author: António Mortal
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 655
Release: 2018-01-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319702726

This book presents the proceedings of the INternational CongRess on Engineering and Sustainability in the XXI cEntury – INCREaSE 2017, which was held in Faro, Portugal, from October 11 to 13, 2017. The book promotes a multidisciplinary approach to sustainable development, exploring a number of transversal challenges. It discusses natural and anthropogenic risks; tourism and sustainability; healthy food; water and society; sustainable mobility; renewable energy; and energy efficiency, offering perspectives from civil, electronics, mechanical and food engineering.

Energies Beyond the State

Energies Beyond the State
Author: Jennifer Mateer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2021-11-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1538159171

Resource and environmental management generally entail an attempt by governing authorities to dominate, reroute, and tame the natural flows of water, the growth of forests, manage the populations of non-human bodies, and control nature more generally. Often this is done under the mantle of conservation, economic development, and sustainable management, but still involves a quest to “civilize” and control all aspects of nature for a specific purpose. The results of this form of environmental management and governance are many, but by and large, across the globe, it has meant governments construct a specific idea regarding nature and the environment. These forms of control also extend beyond the natural environment, allowing for particular methods of managing human and non-human populations in order to maintain power and enact sovereignty. This volume contributes to advancing an ‘ecology of freedom,’ which can critique current anthropocentric environmental destruction, as well as focusing on environmental justice and decentralized ecological governance. While concentrating on these areas of anarchist political ecology, three major themes emerged from the chapters: the legacies of colonialism that continue to echo in current resource management and governance practices, the necessity of overcoming human/nature dualisms for environmental justice and sustainability, and finally discussions and critiques of extractivism as a governing and economic mentality.

Southern Europe in the Mediterranean Context

Southern Europe in the Mediterranean Context
Author: Eric Vaz
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2020-01-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3950484647

Since the process of Southern Europe's integration in the European Union, the Mediterranean region has seen a more considerable gap between central and northern European countries and its Southern European counterpart. Thus, in a European context of social cohesion, it becomes necessary to better understand Southern Europe, without escaping to the common perception of the complexity of Mediterranean culture. As a significant player throughout history, Southern Europe consistently established a platform of diversity and freedom, bringing peace between different historic-cultural traditions. Moreover, the southern frontier of Europe to Africa and Asia has become a crucial determinant in the current times of change.

Lake Champlain: Partnerships and Research in the New Millennium

Lake Champlain: Partnerships and Research in the New Millennium
Author: Tom Manley
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1475740808

This monograph presents the proceedings of the 2002 Spring Symposium sponsored by the Lake Champlain Research Consortium, hosted by the Missisquoi Bay Watershed Corporation. The book examines this common body of water shared by Canada and the US, and summarizes knowledge of the dynamics of this system with a primary focus on land use, water management, and bridging the gap between researchers and the public.

Globalized Water

Globalized Water
Author: Graciela Schneier-Madanes
Publisher: Springer Science & Business
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400773234

Globalized Water presents a compilation of voices that forms a unique scientific exploration of contemporary water management models and governance issues. The book describes the water paradox—how a local resource has become a global product—and the implications of this in how we identify challenges and make policy in the water sector. Over the last 20 years, the foundations of local and national water systems have been rocked by a wave of changes. The authors in this book, experts in a wide range of disciplines, address the resulting debates and issues: water as a commodity and patrimony, technological rent, liberalization and privatization, the continuing evolution of water management and policy at the European level, decision making and stakeholder participation, conflict and consensus, and the inevitable growth of counterpowers at the local and international levels, promoted by the advocates of sustainable development. The selected case studies are from Europe (primarily France but also Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Portugal), Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia), the United States, Lebanon, and India. From this diverse collection of comparative perspectives and research methods, Globalized Water seeks to advance interdisciplinary research, contributing to a new and dynamic role for social sciences and governance on water.