Assessment of actions to tackle the shortages of water in La Paz, Bolivia | Zendy

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Assessment of actions to tackle the shortages of water in La Paz, Bolivia

Author(s) -

Norah Patricia Panozo Rivero,

Danielle Costa Morais,

Leydiana de Sousa Pereira

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

water policy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.488

H-Index - 56

eISSN - 1996-9759

pISSN - 1366-7017

DOI - 10.2166/wp.2020.087

Subject(s) - scarcity , water scarcity , structuring , context (archaeology) , economic shortage , business , process (computing) , water resources , investment (military) , environmental planning , natural resource economics , environmental resource management , economics , environmental economics , government (linguistics) , geography , political science , computer science , ecology , microeconomics , finance , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , politics , law , biology , operating system

Water scarcity is a persistent problem in diverse regions of the world. This study focuses on the extreme scarcity of water affecting La Paz, a municipality in the west of Bolivia. The intense drought of the last few decades and the inadequate management of water utilities have impacted several factors. Within this context, this study identified that establishing efficient water resource management is essential to guarantee social welfare. The researchers analyzed the scarcity of water in La Paz by using the Strategic Choice Approach, which is a problem structuring method based on a strategic process that takes different types of uncertainty into account. The results of this study revealed decision actions and uncertainties in two categories: the present and the future. The outputs enabled a strategic plan to be drawn up that tackles the scarcity of water responsibly and equitably. Innovation and investment in ways to reuse water are fundamental to developing a responsible solution.

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