Reinventing water conservation
Résumé
In a context of uncertainty linked to the ecological transition, the issue of managing
the scarcity of natural resources has become an essential factor in the study of
environmental policy (Markard, Raven, ruffer, 2012; Lubell, 2013; Hornberger,
Hess, Gilligan, 2015). Faced with the collective ideals of the “governance of the
commons,” (Ostrom, 1990; Ingold, 2008) crisis situations are particularly revealing
of ongoing changes (Bakker, 2010; Barraqué, 2011; Lascoumes, 2012). From
this point of view, the drought that has affected the American Southwest for the
last fifteen years illustrates the difficulties encountered in terms of regulating the
environmental impact of human activities (Lynn-Ingram, Malamud-Roam, 2013).
Tis chapter aims to examine the implementation of ecological measures in water
policies which, traditionally, have been subordinated to the imperatives of the
region’s economic development (Worster, 1985; Reisner, 1986; Pincetl, 2011).