Abstract

PACHECO-VEGA, Raúl. The megaproject of the El Zapotillo dam as a centroidal node of intractable conflict. An analysis from the political ecology. Espiral (Guadalaj.) [online]. 2017, vol.24, n.69, pp.193-229. ISSN 1665-0565.

Controversies generated by El Zapotillo dam, in the occidental state of Jalisco, México, have led to a series of civil society negative affectations. Admittedly, conditions of drought and water scarcity make megaprojects necessary. In this article, a political ecology view is taken to analyze the intractable conflict generated by El Zapotillo, in an attempt to map power relations and inequalities that are accentuated in a context where technocratic responses to solve water stress come from hierarchical institutions and systemic structure that makes governance decisions top-down and not bottom-up, ignoring communities’ opinions.

Keywords : conflicts; water governance; megaprojects; political ecology; El Zapotillo.

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