The Impact of a Lack of Government Strategies for Sustainable Water Management and Land Use Planning on the Hydrology of Water Bodies: Lessons Learned from the Disappearance of the Aculeo Lagoon in Central Chile

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dc.contributor.authorValdes-Pineda, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorGarcia-Chevesich, Pablo A.
dc.contributor.authorAlaniz, Alberto J.
dc.contributor.authorVenegas-Quinones, Hector L.
dc.contributor.authorValdes, Juan B.
dc.contributor.authorPizarro, Roberto
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T22:00:30Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T22:00:30Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractSeveral studies have focused on why the Aculeo Lagoon in central Chile disappeared, with a recent one concluding that a lack of precipitation was the main cause, bringing tremendous political consequences as it supported the argument that the government is not responsible for this environmental, economic, and social disaster. In this study, we evaluated in detail the socio-economic history of the watershed, the past climate and its effects on the lagoon's water levels (including precipitation recycling effects), anthropogenic modifications to the lagoon's water balance, the evolution of water rights and demands, and inaccurate estimates of sustainable groundwater extraction volumes from regional aquifers. This analysis has revealed novel and undisputable evidence that this natural body of water disappeared primarily because of anthropogenic factors (mostly river deviations and aquifer pumping) that, combined with the effects of less than a decade with below-normal precipitation, had a severe impact on this natural lagoon-aquifer system.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su14010413
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su14010413
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/93731
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000751048700001
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaSustainability
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectlake hydrology
dc.subjectcentral Chile
dc.subjectAculeo
dc.subjectMediterranean climates
dc.subjectland use planning
dc.subjectwater management
dc.subjectanthropogenic effects
dc.subjectsustainable water resources management
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.ods06 Clean Water and Sanitation
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.subject.odspa06 Agua limpia y saneamiento
dc.titleThe Impact of a Lack of Government Strategies for Sustainable Water Management and Land Use Planning on the Hydrology of Water Bodies: Lessons Learned from the Disappearance of the Aculeo Lagoon in Central Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen14
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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