Critical review of desalination in Spain: a resource for the future?

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dc.contributorAgua y Territorioes_ES
dc.contributorClima y Ordenación del Territorioes_ES
dc.contributorPaisajes y Recursos Naturales en Españaes_ES
dc.contributor.authorMorote Seguido, Álvaro Francisco-
dc.contributor.authorRico, Antonio-
dc.contributor.authorMoltó Mantero, Enrique-
dc.contributor.otherUniversidad de Alicante. Departamento de Análisis Geográfico Regional y Geografía Físicaes_ES
dc.contributor.otherUniversidad de Alicante. Instituto Interuniversitario de Geografíaes_ES
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-05T12:50:20Z-
dc.date.available2018-02-05T12:50:20Z-
dc.date.issued2017-11-
dc.identifier.citationGeographical Research. 2017, 55(4): 412-423. doi:10.1111/1745-5871.12232es_ES
dc.identifier.issn1745-5863 (Print)-
dc.identifier.issn1745-5871 (Online)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10045/73272-
dc.description.abstractThere have been significant territorial changes in the Spanish Mediterranean in the last few decades because of the important growth of residential tourism functions. The Spanish National Hydrological Plan (2001) and, to a greater extent, the Action for Management and Use of Water Programme (2004) advocated large-scale desalination of seawater to guarantee a supply for urban, tourism, and even future agricultural demands. The paralysis of urban development planning caused by the financial crisis (2007/08), together with the downward trend in the consumption of drinking water in the last decade, highlighted a capacity to produce desalinated water that was far superior to actual needs. This study reviews the current context in which desalinated water is produced in Spain, weighs up the advantages and disadvantages of this method of water management, and considers the potential role that this non-conventional source of water could play as a strategic resource in the future. The main findings of the study are that desalination is not a panacea; rather, it should be considered in terms of technological parameters tailored to the circumstances of each geographical and socioeconomic environment.es_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThe results presented in this article are part of two research studies. The first, entitled ‘Uses and management of nonconventional water resources in the coast of Valencia and Murcia as an adaptation strategy to drought’, is funded by the Spanish MINECO under grant number CSO2015-65182-C2-2-P, and a PhD research scholarship funded by Spanish Ministry of Education.es_ES
dc.languageenges_ES
dc.publisherWileyes_ES
dc.rights© 2017 Institute of Australian Geographerses_ES
dc.subjectWater resourceses_ES
dc.subjectDesalinationes_ES
dc.subjectUrban growthes_ES
dc.subjectDroughtes_ES
dc.subjectWater demandes_ES
dc.subjectSpaines_ES
dc.subject.otherAnálisis Geográfico Regionales_ES
dc.titleCritical review of desalination in Spain: a resource for the future?es_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees_ES
dc.peerreviewedsies_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1745-5871.12232-
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12232es_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses_ES
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//CSO2015-65182-C2-2-P-
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