Ecological-distributive conflicts and the social construction of water risk in the face of climate change: the case of General Madariaga (Buenos Aires)
This analytical reflection article addresses the socio-environmental conflicts arising from the intensification of water risk (floods and droughts) in the General Madariaga district of Buenos Aires. The study is based on the Complex Systems Paradigm and Political Ecology, analysing how territorial v...
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Instituto de Geografía (IGUNNE)
2026
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/geo/article/view/8859 |
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| Sumario: | This analytical reflection article addresses the socio-environmental conflicts arising from the intensification of water risk (floods and droughts) in the General Madariaga district of Buenos Aires. The study is based on the Complex Systems Paradigm and Political Ecology, analysing how territorial vulnerability is a social and historical construct. Through a qualitative case study anchored in secondary sources (regulations, statistics and scientific literature)and diachronic analysis of satellite images (1990-2023), land use dynamics, management fragmentation and stakeholder rationales were identified. The results show that the risk is a product of ecological-distributive tensions between the agricultural sector (which demands wetland drainage) and the vulnerable urban population. The scientific contribution lies in the rigorous articulation of vulnerability with conflict analysis, providing an interpretative framework for institutional inefficiency in climate change adaptation in the Depressed Pampa. |
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