A Quantitative Approach to the Watershed Governance Prism: The Duero River Basin, Mexico
Felipe Armas Vargas,
Oscar Escolero,
Samuel Sandoval Solis,
Luzma Fabiola Nava,
Marisa Mazari Hiriart,
Claudia Rojas Serna,
Oliver López-Corona
Affiliations
Felipe Armas Vargas
Departamento de Ingeniería de Procesos e Hidráulica, CBI, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México 09340, Mexico
Oscar Escolero
Departamento de Dinámica Terrestre y Superficial, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 09340, Mexico
Samuel Sandoval Solis
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Luzma Fabiola Nava
CONACyT—Departamento de Ingeniería Geomática e Hidráulica, División de Ingenierías, Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato 38096, Mexico
Marisa Mazari Hiriart
Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 09340, Mexico
Claudia Rojas Serna
Departamento de Ingeniería de Procesos e Hidráulica, CBI, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México 09340, Mexico
Oliver López-Corona
CONACyT—Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas (IIMAS), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
Advances have been made in water resource investigation due to the implementation of mathematical models, the development of theoretical frameworks, and the evaluation of sustainability indices. Together, they improve and make integrated water resource management more efficient. In this paper, in the study area of the Duero River Basin, located in Michoacan, Mexico, we schematize a series of numerical indices of the Watershed Governance Prism to determine the quantitative status of water governance in a watershed. The results, presented as axes, perspectives, and prisms in the Axis Index, Water Governance Index, and Watershed Governance Prism Index, provide the conclusion that it is possible to establish and evaluate the Watershed Governance Prism Index using our numerical implementation of the Watershed Governance Prism theoretical framework. Thus, it is possible to define a quantitative status and evoke how water governance is being designed and implemented in a watershed.
