México en el contexto de la vulnerabilidad hídrica global:: la alteración humana del ciclo hidrológico, el mayor desastre mundial.

Arturo Curiel Ballesteros; María Guadalupe Garibay Chávez

doi:10.32870/in.vi30.7316

Authors

Arturo Curiel Ballesteros University of Guadalajara https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5287-6985
María Guadalupe Garibay Chávez University of Guadalajara https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7918-3900

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/in.vi30.7316

Keywords:

Hydrometeorological hazards, water vulnerability, the global vulnerability, water governance, climate change

Abstract

The alteration of the hydrological cycle with human activities is the highest natural disaster of the last two centuries. That has caused a greater intensity and frequency in periods of drought, floods and hurricanes in several regions in the world. In this global context, the vulnerability of Mexico is analyzed, and in particular the political vulnerability, since most of the actions that continue to be proclaimed by the national government, without the international context that is necessary to solve the crises, are still insisted on local processes, instead of discussing with other actors the various problems of hazards and water vulnerability water vulnerability and possible options to be implemented within public policies that include promotion of technologies and culture that can stop in the short term and reverse in the medium term, the various forces and pressures that have decreased access to water in sufficient volume and quality.

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Author Biography

Arturo Curiel Ballesteros, University of Guadalajara

ACADEMIC DEGREES Researcher Titular C; Environmental Sciences department. Environmental and Human Communities Institute. Universidad de Guadalajara. Doctorate in Biological Sciences for the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2001 (cum laude) Masters in Natural Resources Management Science for Universidad de Guadalajara, 1989. Engineer in Agronomics and Edafology for Universidad de Guadalajara, 1989. Specialised techniques: -Environmental education; -Environmental health; -Conservation of soil and forest Some products: Operation and design of the first paths of environmental interpretation in the country, 1984. Risk assessment in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara (first place state-wise and then an honorific mention in the National Ecology Award), 1994. Municipal Indicators of sustainability for Jalisco (first work Nationwide ), 1998 Coordinator of the campaign for Territorial Ecological Ordering of Jalisco’s territory (except the coastal region), 1999. Accepted by Jalisco’s government in 2001. Coordinator of the Proposal of the “La Primavera” Forest Management Programme (first proposal in any state for a protected natural area) 1989. Accepted by the federal government in 2001. Pamphlet on Soil Conservation for Agriculturists (1st distribution 10,000 copies in Jalisco and also published in other states such as Oaxaca), 1999. Coordinator and manager of the Masters in Environmental Education (the first long distance Masters offered in the country) 1992-2000. Elaboration of the educational strategy for the oil drilling zone in Chiapas (accepted by the Natural History and Ecology Institute of the Government of Chiapas) 2005 Publishing of books in order to spread the knowledge of Jalisco’s natural and cultural patrimony (publication of two books for all of the primary education schools in the country through the Public Education Secretariat with 90,000 and 150,000 copies respectively) More than 100 publications, some recent: Threats to biodiversity. In Biodiversity in Jalisco, State Study. Conabio and Government of Jalisco (2017); The changing climate; Knowledge for adaptation in Jalisco. University of Guadalajara (2015);Biodiversity, health insurance for expanding cities: Case of Guadalajara, Mexico. University of Granada (2022). Acknowledgements Representative of the Institute for the Environment of the Universidad de Guadalajara in The International Union for Conservation of Nature. President of the Consultative Council for Sustainable Development of Region II SEMARNAP/SEMARNAT (considered the best civil experience in environmental policy in the country) 2000-2002 National representative of the Mexican delegation in the World Summit for Sustainable Development. Johannesburg, 2002. Honorary Professor and founder of the Masters in Environmental Health Sciences. 1995. Specialist member of the CEC International Union for Conservation of Nature- 1997 Director of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Human Communities, Universidad de Guadalajara. 1998-2002. Representative of the leadership group in Education and Environmental Health for Universidad de Guadalajara. Member of the Meritorious Geography Society since 1996. President 2018-2019. Coordinator of the University Agreement for Sustainable Development in Jalisco, Universidad de Guadalajara. 1998. National Acknowledgement to an extensive labour in Environmental Education. 2000. First rector of the Biological and Agronomical Sciences University Centre of Universidad de Guadalajara. General coordinator of Environmental Education and Ecology of Universidad de Guadalajara (first coordination of its kind in the country) 1990-1993. Member of the International Visitors Programme regarding the Environment in the United States of America. USIA. 1993 Chief of the Forest Department, Universidad de Guadalajara, 1984-1987. Founder of the Masters in Environmental Education of Universidad de Guadalajara (the first of its kind in the country). 1995. Founder of the Masters in Environmental Health (first to involve cooperation between two different University Centres) 1995. Organised the I and II Latin-American Environmental Education Congresses. 1992, 1997. Jalisco Prize in Science 2009 awarded by the Government of Jalisco; Ecological Merit Award 2008 granted by SEMARNAT; Member of Steering Committee Commission on Education and Communication 2010, awarded by The International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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