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Cooling water: a source of conflict in Spain, 1970-1980

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dc.contributor.authorSesma Martín, Diego
dc.contributor.departmentEkonomiaeu
dc.contributor.departmentInstitute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBEen
dc.contributor.departmentEconomíaes_ES
dc.contributor.funderGobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua, 1295/2019es
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-11T11:43:47Z
dc.date.available2021-01-11T11:43:47Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractWater resources are limited and uneven in space and time. Competition for the use of the resource can lead to conflicts between water users. Besides its use for irrigation and agriculture, water is an essential input in the thermoelectric power generation process. Massive Spanish nuclear program projects have conditioned water management in the country, as significant freshwater volumes need to be constantly available for the proper operation of these facilities. Water for cooling has conflicted with other water-using activities, resulting in regional imbalances. The present study shows that cooling water represented a source of conflict between irrigators and electricity companies in Spain in the 1970s and 1980s. A historical analysis of documentary sources reveals that the drawing off of fresh water for cooling by the nuclear industry was one of the many causes of frequent disputes and the rise of social movements against the installation of nuclear power plants in Spain during that period.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by the Spanish Government through the MINECO research projects, reference HAR2017–86086-R. The author also benefits from a research contract assigned to the History and Economics Group of the Public University of Navarre, reference 1295/2019.en
dc.format.extent18 p.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su12114650
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/38969
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.relation.ispartofSustainability, 2020, 12(11):4650en
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/HAR2017-86086-R/ES/en
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.3390/su12114650
dc.rights© 2020 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.en
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectCooling wateren
dc.subjectThermoelectric power generationen
dc.subjectIrrigationen
dc.subjectWater constraintsen
dc.subjectOverexploitationen
dc.subjectRegional imbalancesen
dc.subjectSpainen
dc.titleCooling water: a source of conflict in Spain, 1970-1980en
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