Hydrosocial territories, agro-export and water scarcity: capitalist territorial transformations and water governance in Peru's coastal valleys

In recent decades, an agro-export boom has deeply transformed Peru's coastal valleys, resulting in dramatic territorial changes and social inequality in the Ica Valley. This article explains how politico-economic and socio-institutional forces have triggered the emergence of a new 'hydroso...

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Published in:	Water international Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 206 - 223
Main Authors:	Damonte, Gerardo, Boelens, Rutgerd
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana Routledge 17-02-2019 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Agribusiness Agriculture agro-export Capitalism Coastal environments Coastal waters Crops Economics Exports food security Governance Hegemony hydrosocial territory Ica Peru Rural areas rural-urban relationships Scarcity Social inequality Social unrest Territorial waters Territory Valleys Water damage Water governance Water policy Water scarcity Peru
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Summary:	In recent decades, an agro-export boom has deeply transformed Peru's coastal valleys, resulting in dramatic territorial changes and social inequality in the Ica Valley. This article explains how politico-economic and socio-institutional forces have triggered the emergence of a new 'hydrosocial territory', transforming the Ica Valley into a virtual-water extraction zone that produces luxury export crops for the North and China. In addition, it shows how these territorial reconfigurations have led to ecological damage, water scarcity and increasing rural-urban inequality sustained by a hegemonic development discourse that supports agribusiness-elite territorial dominance and discourages social unrest.
ISSN:	0250-8060 1941-1707
DOI:	10.1080/02508060.2018.1556869