Socio-hydrology with hydrosocial theory: two sides of the same coin?

A Ross, H Chang - Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews socio-hydrology and hydrosocial research, finding a sophisticated
relationship with emergent syntheses. We examined 419 papers by topic, region of study …

Riverhood: Political ecologies of socionature commoning and translocal struggles for water justice

R Boelens, A Escobar, K Bakker… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Mega-damming, pollution and depletion endanger rivers worldwide. Meanwhile, modernist
imaginaries of ordering 'unruly waters and humans' have become cornerstones of hydraulic …

[HTML][HTML] (Re) making hydrosocial territories: Materializing and contesting imaginaries and subjectivities through hydraulic infrastructure

L Hommes, J Hoogesteger, R Boelens - Political geography, 2022 - Elsevier
Infrastructures and their roles and connections to and in territories and territorialization
processes have increasingly become objects of study in political geography scholarship. In …

[PDF][PDF] The history and politics of communal irrigation: A review

O Aubriot - Water alternatives, 2022 - water-alternatives.org
Communal irrigation or user-managed irrigation–also long referred to as indigenous or
traditional irrigation–has been the focus of interest for two main complementary reasons: 1) …

Rural–urban water struggles: Urbanizing hydrosocial territories and evolving connections, discourses and identities

L Hommes, R Boelens, LM Harris… - Water …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In 2007, for the first time in human history, the world's population became more urban than
rural–a trend that is expected to increase in the coming decades, reaching 66% by 2030 …

Environmental justice movements in globalising networks: A critical discussion on social resistance against large dams

E Shah, J Vos, GJ Veldwisch, R Boelens… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We examine the social resistance against large dams as environmental justice movements
in four case studies-the Sardar Sarovar Project from India, the Hidrosogamoso from …

Utopian River Planning and Hydrosocial Territory Transformations in Colombia and Spain

B Duarte-Abadía - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper examines how utopian river planning has arisen in Colombia and Spain since
the late nineteenth century. Specifically, the paper contributes to understanding how …

Neoliberal commensuration and new enclosures of the commons: mining and market–environmentalism governmentalities

B Duarte-Abadía, R Boelens… - Territory, Politics …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Colombia's Santurbán páramo wetlands are vital water supply sources for highland
communities' livelihoods and downstream cities such as Bucaramanga. Nevertheless, they …

River commoning and the state: A cross‐country analysis of river defense collectives

J Hoogesteger, D Suhardiman, R Boelens… - Politics and …, 2023 - cogitatiopress.com
Grassroots initiatives that aim to defend, protect, or restore rivers and riverine environments
have proliferated around the world in the last three decades. Some of the most emblematic …

Mobilizing water actors and bodies of knowledge. The multi-scalar movement against the Río Grande Dam in Málaga, Spain

B Duarte Abadía, R Boelens, L Du Pré - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Just as in other parts of Spain, the Guadalhorce Valley, Málaga, has a long history of
policies based on 'hydraulic utopianism'(regenerationist and Franco-ist), bent on …