El agua. Tendencias de futuro y sus impactos en la sociedad al 2035

Abstract

The countries of the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region are in a state of constant change. For several decades, the population has been migrating to the main cities, often resorting to living in irregular developments with limited availability and quality of water. Many of these cities are located on the coast and depend on small coastal catchments or distant mountains for their water resources. Climate change, together with changes in land use, as a result of a rapid and unsustainable expansion of the agricultural frontier, is affecting the availability and quality of water resources, in the short and long term, both in rural and urban areas. . This situation represents a critical danger to water security throughout the region, and places highly populated areas with an arid or semi-arid climate in a particularly vulnerable situation. Water resources are the main channel through which the impacts of climate change will be felt on the main engines of growth in the world economy: agriculture, energy, industry and the urban sector. Hence the importance of making a brief analysis about the trend that this resource has in the coming years and its impact on the three fundamental pillars of Sustainable Development: Ecology, Economy and Society. This research is within the qualitative paradigm, of a descriptive type based on documentary research.