POL401

027868

Water is a necessary resource, but also a scarce one. It is this scarcity that produces the conditions for the emergence of conflict among potential users, hence requiring the creation of institutional structures that establish rules that seek to accomplish an efficient utilization of water. This class examines such structures in a variety of levels -state, federal, and international- and analyzes how they affect issues of quality and quantity of provision, ecological balance and biodiversity, and conflict and cooperation among users. In particular, we will focus mainly on the rules governing how water is used, the politics of water decision-making, and whether or not the rules are effective at providing adequate amounts of clean water for human consumption and ecosystem maintenance.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate

015096

POL501