Perea Garcia, Paula (2024) Improving Groundwater Governance in the Catalan River Basin District: Using and restoring aquifers to increase drought resilience. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
In the Mediterranean region, including Catalonia (NE Spain), droughts appear to be becoming more frequent and severe due to the enhanced variability in precipitation associated with climate change. Overcoming the challenges posed by severe droughts and ensuring more reliable water availability may require improving the management of aquifers, since these natural groundwater reservoirs could considerably enhance the storage capabilities in Catalonia but have been mostly ignored so far. This research explores this possibility by conducting semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders involved in water governance in the Catalan River Basin District. The findings uncover the main barriers hindering the use and restoration of groundwater bodies and ways to overcome them. Further analysis using a framework of “good water governance” enables the formulation of specific recommendations to improve groundwater governance. Namely, including deep aquifers under water regulations, continuing their research while educating policymakers and the population, and embedding water governance within every other sector plans to obtain a more sustainable management of this valuable resource. Keywords: aquifers, groundwater, water governance, drought resilience, Catalonia.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Cordero Carrasco, R.R. |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2024 11:41 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2024 11:41 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/459 |
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