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Territorial Prospective to Sustainability: Strategies for Future Successful of Water Resource Management on Andean Basins

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  • Christian Mera-Parra

    (Master’s in Water Resources, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n, Loja 1101608, Ecuador
    Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana Sede Cuenca, Calle Vieja 12-30 y Elia Liut, Cuenca 010105, Ecuador)

  • Priscilla Massa-Sánchez

    (Master’s in Water Resources, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n, Loja 1101608, Ecuador
    Department of Economics, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n, Loja 1101608, Ecuador)

  • Fernando Oñate-Valdivieso

    (Master’s in Water Resources, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n, Loja 1101608, Ecuador
    Department of Civil Engineering, Hydrology and Climatology Research Group, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n, Loja 1101608, Ecuador)

  • Pablo Ochoa-Cueva

    (Master’s in Water Resources, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n, Loja 1101608, Ecuador
    Department of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n, Loja 110107, Ecuador)

Abstract

In Latin America, water resource management in some areas is difficult when all parts of a system are not considered (including its dynamism). Therefore, it becomes necessary to prepare instruments that facilitate management using a comprehensive approach. This study aimed to develop a methodology that allows one to conduct a prospective analysis of water management over delimited territories. The Zamora Huayco basin was chosen as the study area. This work included a survey of physical-natural, socioeconomic, and political-institutional variables, as well as a system structural analysis. Also, the generation of future scenarios and the strategic and tactical orientation for the integrated management of water resources. The results show that, of the 23 variables used, 19 were classified as key system variables. Most of the variables had strong impacts on each other, but at the same time these were highly receptive to changes. The behavior of change, proposed for the different uses and land cover in the basin for 2029, was considered as the objective scenario, highlighting the gain in forest areas and shrub vegetation. The strategic plans proposed in this methodology consider the structuring and collecting information in a single repository, creating communication channels between stakeholders and decision-makers.

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  • Christian Mera-Parra & Priscilla Massa-Sánchez & Fernando Oñate-Valdivieso & Pablo Ochoa-Cueva, 2022. "Territorial Prospective to Sustainability: Strategies for Future Successful of Water Resource Management on Andean Basins," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-16, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:11:y:2022:i:7:p:1100-:d:865686
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    1. Christian Mera-Parra & Fernando Oñate-Valdivieso & Priscilla Massa-Sánchez & Pablo Ochoa-Cueva, 2021. "Establishment of the Baseline for the IWRM in the Ecuadorian Andean Basins: Land Use Change, Water Recharge, Meteorological Forecast and Hydrological Modeling," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-18, May.
    2. Manzano-Solís, Luis Ricardo & Díaz-Delgado, Carlos & Gómez-Albores, Miguel Angel & Mastachi-Loza, Carlos Alberto & Soares, Denise, 2019. "Use of structural systems analysis for the integrated water resources management in the Nenetzingo river watershed, Mexico," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
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