Abstract

PINEDA PABLOS, Nicolás; MORENO VAQUEZ, José Luis; SALAZAR ADAMS, Alejandro  and  LUTZ LEY, América Nallely. Water rights and watershed management in Mexico: The Sonora river case. Espiral (Guadalaj.) [online]. 2014, vol.21, n.61, pp.191-225. ISSN 1665-0565.

This article analyzes the role of water rights in watershed management. The watershed is seen as a common pool resource where State intervention and the register of water rights might be used to constrain water tapping and avoid overexploitation. For this purpose, it reviews the ideas of watershed management and revises the Mexican legal framework for water rights. Then, it analyses a database of water rights in the Sonora River. At the end, findings are presented such as the disagreement between the principles devised by the legal framework and the practical implementation of water rights and that those are not used to undertake watershed management.

Keywords : Water rights; watershed management; common pool resources; Sonora River; México.

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