Articles | Volume 376
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-376-57-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-376-57-2018
01 Feb 2018
 | 01 Feb 2018

A half-baked solution: drivers of water crises in Mexico

Jonatan Godinez Madrigal, Pieter van der Zaag, and Nora van Cauwenbergh

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A part of the population of Mexico is undergoing severe water crises vis-a-vis with the quantity and quality of water. The water authority's strategy dwells solely in infrastructure development to tackle the symptoms, not the causes. The paper summarizes how the causes of crises lie not in the lack of infrastructure but in a deficient management and governance. I did the research because I'd to influence on policy, and I did it through fieldwork and critical literature review.