Socio-hydrology with hydrosocial theory: two sides of the same coin?

A Ross, H Chang - Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews socio-hydrology and hydrosocial research, finding a sophisticated
relationship with emergent syntheses. We examined 419 papers by topic, region of study …

Riverhood: political ecologies of socionature commoning and translocal struggles for water justice

R Boelens, A Escobar, K Bakker… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Mega-damming, pollution and depletion endanger rivers worldwide. Meanwhile, modernist
imaginaries of ordering 'unruly waters and humans' have become cornerstones of hydraulic …

Commons movements: Old and new trends in rural and urban contexts

S Villamayor-Tomas… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Over the past few years, studies in political ecology and environmental justice have been
increasingly connecting the commons and social movements empirically, giving shape to a …

[HTML][HTML] (Re) making hydrosocial territories: Materializing and contesting imaginaries and subjectivities through hydraulic infrastructure

L Hommes, J Hoogesteger, R Boelens - Political geography, 2022 - Elsevier
Infrastructures and their roles and connections to and in territories and territorialization
processes have increasingly become objects of study in political geography scholarship. In …

[HTML][HTML] Contested knowledges: Large dams and mega-hydraulic development

R Boelens, E Shah, B Bruins - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Locally and globally, mega-hydraulic projects have become deeply controversial. Recently,
despite widespread critique, they have regained a new impetus worldwide. The …

Environmental justice movements in globalising networks: A critical discussion on social resistance against large dams

E Shah, J Vos, GJ Veldwisch, R Boelens… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We examine the social resistance against large dams as environmental justice movements
in four case studies-the Sardar Sarovar Project from India, the Hidrosogamoso from …

[PDF][PDF] River defence and restoration movements: A literature review

J Vos - Water Alternatives, 2024 - water-alternatives.org
Since the 1980s, scholars have been documenting protest movements against the building
of large hydropower dams. These movements have arisen mainly in communities where …

[HTML][HTML] How do societies reform their agricultural water management towards new priorities for water, agriculture, and the environment?

C Seijger, P Hellegers - Agricultural Water Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Concerns about sustainability, climate change and increasing inter-sectoral competition for
water and land are pressing societies to set a new course in economic development …

[PDF][PDF] The ageing of infrastructure and ideologies: Contestations around dam removal in Spain

L Hommes - Water Alternatives, 2022 - water-alternatives.org
This paper analyses the discussions surrounding dam removal in Spain and, specifically,
ongoing contestations around the Toranes Dam. Engaging with scholarship about the …

Rooted water collectives: Towards an analytical framework

J Vos, R Boelens, JP Venot, M Kuper - Ecological Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents an analytical framework to identify and understand grassroots water
governance practices, which we call 'rooted water collectives'(RWC). RWCs can be multi …