Water crises in Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro reveal how the lack of water becomes an opportunity to privatize a resource that should be a public right.
Water affects all aspects of development. This is why it is necessary to address its problems in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary manner.
Coauthor Alexander Esquivel López
Adequate management of water resources is essential to promote compatibility between economic and social uses and environmental functions, in order to achieve sustainable use.