Water and municipal ordinances in Chile. Local diagnosis for a scarce resource in a diverse geography

Authors

  • Daniela Rivera-Bravo
  • Camilo del Río-López
  • Luis Felipe García-Castillo
  • Federico Arenas-Vásquez
  • Fernando Godoy-Soto

Keywords:

Waters, municipalities, municipal ordinances, metropolitan areas

Abstract

The present article focuses in water regulation at the local scale, particularly, in the
ordinances dictated by the Municipalities in Chile. With that purpose, a systematization and analysis of
the municipal ordinances is carried out; which include dispositions or measures in water resources in
force by 2017 in three regions of the country (Antofagasta, in the north [~23°S]; Santiago Metropolitan
region, in the centre [~33°S]; and Los Ríos, in the south [~40°S]). Thus, it is evident that the geographical
and climatological differences of the studied zones are not reflected in these communal ordination
instruments. The widespread tendency is the repetition of contents between them, with a marked
preoccupation to avoid the pollution of water and its sources, but without allusions to its responsible and
sustainable use, apart from a few isolated exceptions in some communes that have innovated on this
issue.

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Published

2019-06-26

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Rivera-Bravo, D., Río-López, C. del, García-Castillo, L. F., Arenas-Vásquez, F., & Godoy-Soto, F. (2019). Water and municipal ordinances in Chile. Local diagnosis for a scarce resource in a diverse geography. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 51(200), 341–360. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/76735

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 200 (2019): CyTET verano 2019

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Copyright (c) 2019 Daniela Rivera-Bravo, Camilo del Río-López, Luis Felipe García-Castillo, Federico Arenas-Vásquez, Fernando Godoy-Soto

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