From uncertainty to environmental impacts: reflection on the threats to water in Chacabuco Province (Chile): a combined approach in social sciences and geochemistry

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dc.contributor.authorLe Goff, Lucie
dc.contributor.authorBlot, Frederique
dc.contributor.authorPeltier, Anne
dc.contributor.authorLaffont, Laure
dc.contributor.authorBecerra, Sylvia
dc.contributor.authorHenriquez Ruiz, Cristian
dc.contributor.authorQuense Abarzua, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorPhilippe, Magali
dc.contributor.authorPaegelow, Martin
dc.contributor.authorMenjot, Ludovic
dc.contributor.authorDelplace, Gauthier
dc.contributor.authorSchreck, Eva
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T14:23:10Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T14:23:10Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses the uncertainty about water quality in the Province of Chacabuco (Santiago Metropolitan Region) in Chile, a region marked by very strong pressure on the resource, both natural (drought) and anthropogenic (urban growth, agricultural intensification, industrialisation, and mining activity). Our main objective was, through an interdisciplinary research approach, to understand how the uncertainty concerning the state of hydro systems becomes central in the social representations of the inhabitants, since there is no consensus amongst regional stakeholders about environmental impacts nor is there evidence of pollution. By cross-referencing geochemical data on water quality and the inhabitants' discourse on the resource, we identified those factors that create uncertainty about water resources: institutional lack of knowledge of the state of the resource, scientific difficulties in understanding the functioning of the hydro system, water and ground quality data that are difficult to interpret given the persistent drought, and the inhabitants' distrust of data producers, in a context of planned regulatory zoning of polluting activities in the area. We also show the negative effects that the lack of trustworthy information has on the daily lives of local communities living near industrial infrastructures: anxiety, health concerns, and mistrust of drinking water, even though it is potable.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-03-14
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11625-022-01127-w
dc.identifier.eissn1862-4057
dc.identifier.issn1862-4065
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01127-w
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/80055
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000776364100001
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Historia, Geografía y Ciencia Política; Henriquez Ruiz, Cristian Gonzalo; S/I; 93676
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Historia, Geografía y Ciencia Política; Quense Abarzua, Jorge Rolando; S/I; 87783
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido parcial
dc.publisherSPRINGER JAPAN KK
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectChacabuco Province
dc.subjectWater quality
dc.subjectUncertainty
dc.subjectInterdisciplinary approaches for sustainable science
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.ods06 Clean Water and Sanitation
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.subject.odspa06 Agua limpia y saneamiento
dc.titleFrom uncertainty to environmental impacts: reflection on the threats to water in Chacabuco Province (Chile): a combined approach in social sciences and geochemistry
dc.typeartículo
sipa.codpersvinculados93676
sipa.codpersvinculados87783
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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