A5043592383- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions
- Spanish History and Politics
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies
- Latin American Urban Studies
- Anarchism and Radical Politics
- Cuban History and Society
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Water management and technologies
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Historical Economic and Social Studies
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Water resources management and optimization
- Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Environmental and sustainability education
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Law in Society and Culture
- Latin American Cultural Politics
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2012-2025
Centre d’histoire de Sciences Po
2020-2024
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
2021-2023
University of Coimbra
2014-2017
University of Alicante
2014
Questions of dam safety and hazard potential most often do not take center-stage in contestations articulations concerning large dams. Through a comparative study two Europe's emblematic disasters – Vajont (Italy) Ribadelago (Spain) the ongoing conflict over Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project Northeast India, this article argues that damage caused by is unavoidable or unforeseen but instead allowed to happen. Our cases show power relations, economic pressures profit influence "risky"...
Abstract Concern has risen that current global warming and more frequent extreme events such as droughts floods will increase conflict around the world. This concern spurred both social science research on contemporary climate, peace, well in historical sciences past weather, warfare, violence. perspectives article compares these two fields of scholarship examines how each may benefit other. It finds significant convergences methods insights across persistent patterns causal pathways between...
Abstract To effectively navigate out of the climate crisis, a new interdisciplinary approach is needed to guide and facilitate research that integrates diverse understandings how transitions evolve in intertwined social–environmental systems. The concept tipping points, frequently used natural sciences increasingly social sciences, can help elucidate processes underlying major transitions. We develop notion interlinked ‘social–climatic points’ which desirability intentionality are key...
Debates on the total or partial privatization of water usually follow rationale that efficient and rational management is best left to private sphere. In this paper using a historical example, we attempt assess critically assumption arguing efficiency rationality in resource are have been an asset collective as well. We present case Barcelona Water Company, run by its workers during Spanish Civil War, illustrate how certain cases, gains economic had impossible accomplish under standard...
Potash extraction in the Bages region (Spain) is cause of historically significant environmental impacts, such as salinisation Cardener and Llobregat rivers. Recently, several projects that will increase production brine salt tailings near future have been announced. Following Martínez-Alier, this paper I characterize struggle around potash its socio-environmental impacts an ecological distribution conflict argue for a historical approach brings together analysis water, potassium chlorine...
Recent droughts in the Mediterranean region are increasing concerns on current and future water resources availability this region. For reason, studying most severe of recent past their associated societal responses is key to better characterise drought episode ongoing Catalonia since 2021, as well properly define adaptation strategies. One these episodes great magnitude significant impact economic social activity were that occurred (North-East Iberian Peninsula) during last third 19th...
At the intersection of natural and social sciences, interest in river sedimentary fluxes their alteration by human activities is increasing context general retreat delta formations. Since 1950s, construction large dams main course rivers has produced, among other impacts, a radical decrease — key factor worldwide crisis. While sediment accumulates reservoirs, resulting scarcity downstream contributes to land subsidence coastal erosion, endangering livelihoods low lying areas such as deltas....
Vox, a rising far-right party, plays on concerns about the emptying Spanish countryside to promote its authoritarian version of traditional values. Lately it has developed an environmental narrative portraying rural life as under threat from progressive policies.
The history of hydraulic infrastructures is plagued with failures often catastrophic consequences. Although the agency water in disasters has been widely documented less well known are substances such as salt that may cause infrastructural collapse and harm humans, flora fauna. In Llobregat River Basin (Barcelona), a 120-km long pipe transports salt-saturated wastewaters produced potash mines central Catalonia to Mediterranean Sea. Conceived technological fix reduce river salinization, brine...
Abstract This paper investigates the critical role of workers to enhance resilience water supply services in cities at war through analyzing case Madrid and company Canales del Lozoya during Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). We argue that securing protection vital urban flows mediated infrastructures is a key objective under attack. In doing so we contend examining how those affected by interruption these cope with situation represents valuable but largely neglected form management. illustrate...
L’histoire de l’approvisionnement en eau la ville Barcelone se fait parallèlement à l’histoire son processus d’urbanisation. À Barcelone, le stockage d’eau distance au moyen barrages, et l’extension du réseau d’adduction vers des ressources plus lointaines, ont été règle pendant plusieurs décennies. Dans cet article, nous montrons comment capitale catalane agglomération essayé résoudre question besoins croissants eau, liés développement urbain économique. Cette quête a fini par conduire...
Literature on war and the environment has examined a wide range of militarized landscapes, but massive fortification systems such as Maginot or Siegfried lines, which are symbols military trend in vogue during interwar period, have largely been ignored. These walls interwove natural national values constituted landscape interventions, aimed at reinforcing political borders, embedded in—and relying upon—geographical features. This article examines late example this trend: Pyrenees border that...
Abstract. Combining historical climatology and environmental history, this article examines the diverse range of strategies deployed by city government Barcelona (Catalonia, NE Spain) to confront recurrent drought episodes experienced between 1626 1650. Our reconstruction in for period 1525–1821, based on pro pluvia rogations as documentary proxy data, identifies years 1626–1635 1640s most significant events series (highest frequency weighted index duration index). We then focus 1601–1650,...
Urban agriculture is key when food security threatened, as in the cases of wars, which disrupt production, conservation, transportation, and distribution systems. During two World Wars 20th century, governments mobilized civilians to participate production increase morale by contributing war effort from rearguard. Unlike these cases, Spanish cities during civil 1936-1939 has received little attention. Using documentation different public private archives, press clips, personal testimonies,...
Abstract The everyday difficulties faced by working‐class women, including access to food, are aggravated in critical periods, such as wars and economic crises. However, the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) was accompanied a revolution, Republican zones, where women opened spaces for their emancipation. By examining social reproduction practices surrounding food Barcelona during years 1936–1939, we contribute research on sovereignty urban contexts. Our core findings inform role of provision...
Drought is a recurrent feature of the Mediterranean climate. However, some its severe manifestations cause important social impacts. In current context climate change, Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula) experiencing episodes drought with frequency and severity worrying characteristics. The study this climatic risk on large time scales justified in order to enable better management any similar situations that may occur future.This work proposes an approach have occurred recent history. This...
After a century of accelerating drainage, in the 1960s coastal wetlands became object unprecedented protection campaigns around world. This paper compares history three successful cases wetland Mediterranean between and 1980s: Rhône (France), Po (Italy), Ebro (Spain) River deltas. As most coast Europe, these were at centre renewed redevelopment attempts, to further expand intensive agriculture, industry, seaside tourism, which invariably involved drainage. In cases, was achieved by...
Abstract In the context of space race, science became an area collaboration between Spanish dictatorship and United States America during 1960s. The Francoist regime leveraged its in race as internal tool for political legitimization. This article examines role popularization this legitimization process by focusing on TV show Amigos del Espacio (“Friends Outer Space”), broadcast 1967 1969 aimed at young audiences. Specifically, it analyses available episodes trajectory scriptwriter, writer...
Durante la guerra civil espanola, los combates por defensa de Madrid atrajeron atencion internacional. En las calles capital republicana tropas no profesionales lograron primera vez detener a mejores unidades del ejercito espanol, y aviacion alemana empezo poner en practicas tacticas bombardeo que usaria durante Segunda Guerra Mundial. El dominio geografia urbana sistema hidraulico madrileno jugo un papel fundamental resistencia republicana. control embalses al norte ciudad el uso...