Resumen

ESPARZA, Miguel. Drought and Water Shortages in Mexico: Current Status and Future Prospects. Secuencia [online]. 2014, n.89, pp.193-219. ISSN 2395-8464.

Droughts are environmental phenomena to which a number of socio-historical phenomena of an ideological and operational order are attached, which have intensified and produced the water shortages currently experienced by large cities. This paper seeks to explain the phenomenon of drought, how a drought occurs, the damage it causes, the actions government implements to combat it, how this problem could be solved in the future and how this phenomenon is represented in Mexico.

Palabras llave : Drought; water shortages; water transfer; desalination.

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