IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/cijwxx/v35y2019i2p283-304.html

State, market or community failure? Untangling the determinants of groundwater depletion in Copiapó (Chile)

Author

Listed:
  • Jean-Daniel Rinaudo
  • Guillermo Donoso

Abstract

This article analyzes the factors that explain why groundwater can be over-exploited despite the existence of sophisticated water laws, institutions and effective state agencies responsible for water management. The analysis is based on a case study conducted in the Copiapó Valley in northern Chile. Based on an analysis of water use data, policy documents and interviews with a variety of stakeholders, the article highlights the state’s failure to perform some of its key missions and the ineffectiveness of groundwater users’ associations in water management despite a very supportive legal framework. The article concludes with some recommendations on how ensure long-term sustainable groundwater use.

Suggested Citation

  • Jean-Daniel Rinaudo & Guillermo Donoso, 2019. "State, market or community failure? Untangling the determinants of groundwater depletion in Copiapó (Chile)," International Journal of Water Resources Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(2), pages 283-304, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cijwxx:v:35:y:2019:i:2:p:283-304
    DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2017.1417116
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/07900627.2017.1417116
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/07900627.2017.1417116?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to look for a different version below or

    for a different version of it.

    Other versions of this item:

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Stéphanie LEYRONAS & Aurélien Dumont (COSTEA), & Olivier Petit (CLERSÉ, université d’Artois), & Quentin Ballin (AFD),, 2021. "Agir en commun pour un usage durable de l’eau agricole," Working Paper 02545eec-73a8-41ac-a8da-e, Agence française de développement.
    2. Jaime Martínez-Valderrama & Jorge Olcina & Gonzalo Delacámara & Emilio Guirado & Fernando T. Maestre, 2023. "Complex Policy Mixes are Needed to Cope with Agricultural Water Demands Under Climate Change," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 37(6), pages 2805-2834, May.
    3. Guillermo Donoso & Elisabeth Lictevout & Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, 2020. "Groundwater Management Lessons from Chile," Post-Print hal-02532177, HAL.
    4. Aurélien Dumont & Stéphanie Leyronas & Olivier Petit & Quentin Ballin, 2021. "Agir en commun pour un usage durable de l’eau agricole. Propositions pour prévenir la dégradation et la surexploitation des eaux souterraines," Post-Print hal-03183610, HAL.
    5. Rouillard, Josselin & Rinaudo, Jean-Daniel, 2020. "From State to user-based water allocations: An empirical analysis of institutions developed by agricultural user associations in France," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 239(C).
    6. Jean-Daniel Rinaudo & Guillermo Donoso, 2019. "State, market or community failure? Untangling the determinants of groundwater depletion in Copiapó (Chile)," International Journal of Water Resources Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(2), pages 283-304, March.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:cijwxx:v:35:y:2019:i:2:p:283-304. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/cijw20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.