Resumen

ALPUCHE ALVAREZ, Yair Asael; FABIOLA NAVA, Luzma; CARPIO CANDELERO, Maritza Alejandra  y  CONTRERAS CHABLE, Diana Isabel. Linking Science and Public Policy: The National Waters Law under the Perspectives of Systems Thinking and Ecosystem Services. Gest. polít. pública [online]. 2021, vol.30, n.2, pp.133-170.  Epub 04-Sep-2023. ISSN 1405-1079.  https://doi.org/10.29265/gypp.v30i2.881.

From a theoretical model integrated by the socioecological systems and ecosystem services approaches, we discuss the relations between science and public policy in Mexico. Through the study of Mexico’s main water resource management instrument, the National Waters Law, we underline the progressive efforts made to integrate a range of scientific knowledge into public policy-making processes. However, both public policy-making and the generation of regulatory frameworks do not always evolve at the same rate as science, and vice versa. The challenge is how institutions and governmental authorities adapt at the same time as the production of scientific knowledge progresses. Public policy design and formulation need to be adapted in tandem with science itself.

Palabras llave : public policy; water resources; systems thinking; sociohydrology; socioecosystems.