'Praying for rain’: A case of drought mismanagement in Barcelona (2007-2008)
Focusing on the severe drought suffered by the city of Barcelona, Spain, in 2007 and 2008, the aim of this paper is twofold. First, it examines the panoply of emergency measures that were enacted as responses to the drought; second, it contextualises the event within the wider political context of...
Main Author: | Alvar Closas |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Water Alternatives Association
2020-10-01
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Series: | Water Alternatives |
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Online Access: | http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol13/v13issue3/603-a13-3-21/file |
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