From water abundance to water scarcity: the case of the Chontalpa, Mexico

This article uses original ethnographic data to show how a development program known as Plan Chontalpa failed to extend potable water provision to rural people in Chontalpa, in Tabasco, Mexico. Despite arguably short-term benefits, this large state-led, large-scale hydrodevelopment program created o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gisela Lanzas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Arizona Libraries 2020-04-01
Series:Journal of Political Ecology
Online Access:https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/23214