1. Scope and objectives
Alberto Garrido and M. Ramón Llamas
Part I. The natural resource base, the environment and the economy
2. Physical and Hydrological Characteristics
Luis Martínez Cortina
3. The State of Water Ecosystems
Francisco García Novo, Julia Toja Santillana and Carlos Granado Lorencio
4. Major Processes Degrading Freshwater Resources and Ecosystems
Guido Schmidt and Lucia De Stefano
5. Water Uses in Transition
Josefina Maestu and Carlos Mario Gómez
6. Water Footprint and Virtual Water Trade in Spain
M.M. Aldaya, A. Garrido, M.R. Llamas, C. Varela-Ortega, P. Novo & R. Rodríguez Casado
Part II. Constraints, opportunities and social perceptions
7. Drought and Climate Risks
Ana Iglesias, Marta Moneo, Luis Garrote and Francisco Flores
8. Water Supply in Urban Areas
Enrique Cabrera, Enrique Cabrera Rochera and Ricardo Cobacho
9. Changing Water Discourses in a Modern Society
Leandro del Moral
Part III. Water Law, Institutions and Policies
10. Water Sector Regulation and Liberalisation
Gaspar Ariño Ortiz and Mónica Sastre
11. The Foundations and principles of Modern Water Law
Antonio Embid Irujo
12. Institutions and Institutional Reform in the Spanish Water Sector: a Historical Perspective
Consuelo Varela Ortega and Nuria Hernández-Mora
13. Trends in Water Pricing and Markets
Alberto Garrido and Javier Calatrava
14. Issues Related to Intensive Groundwater Use
M. Ramón Llamas and Pedro Martínez-Santos
15. Making Groundwater Institutionally Visible
Elena Lopez-Gunn
16. Facing the Challenges of Implementing the European Water Directive to Spain
Manuel Menéndez Prieto
17. Public Participation in Developing and Improving Water Governance
Ana Barreira
18 The Spanish and Portuguese Cooperation over their Transboundary Basins
A. Garrido, A. Barreira, S. Dinar & E. Luque
19. The End of Large-Scale Water Projects
Pedro Arrojo Agudo
Part IV. Conclusions
20. Meeting Future Water Challenges: Spain’s Strengths and Weaknesses
M. Ramón Llamas and Alberto Garrido
Biography
M. Ramón LLAMAS is Emeritus Professor of Hydrogeology at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. He is a Fellow of Spain’s Royal Academy of Sciences, where he chairs the Section of Natural Sciences and the International Relations Committee. Professor Llamas is author of one hundred books or monographs and almost two hundred scientific papers. He was President of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (1984-1989), Vice-president of the International Water Resources Association (2001-2003) and Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2004).
Alberto GARRIDO is an Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the Technical University of Madrid, Spain. His work focuses on natural resource and water economics and policy. He has conducted consultancy work for OECD, IADB, the European Parliament, European Commission, FAO, and various Spanish Ministries and autonomous communities. He is author of 100 academic references.
"The collection offers the interested reader a panoramic overview of the difficult state of affairs concerning water in Spain and perhaps stirs interest in other works about what is one of the most fascinating and significant examples of how water, politics, ideology and modernization are inextricably intertwined in the formation of a particular hydrosocial system. In all certainty, we are dealing with an essential book that belongs on the reading list of every course on politics and management of water that takes itself seriously."
- Erik Swyngedouw, Univ. ManchesterHistoria Agraria 56 (April 2012): p. 225
