Water policy

Water-related issues are often presented from a purely technical and/or functional angle. The idea is to manage the resource "well" (equitably, economically, respectfully of nature, etc.), based on available scientific knowledge. However, this approach is unrealistic. Whatever the territorial scale concerned, water management is largely structured by political issues.

The aim of this module is to look back at these issues, observing how water is the subject of debate and controversy, how a series of collective problems are constructed around it and, ultimately, how water policies are concretely shaped.

Continuous control

Prior reading of the summary textbook Les politiques de l'eau (Barone S., Mayaux P.-L., Les politiques de l'eau, Paris, LGDJ, 2019)

• Session 1: "Introduction: water and policy(ies)" and start of course on "The State in water policy" => p. 9-16, p. 25-34, p. 38-40, p. 45-51 = 17 pages

• Session 2: end of course on "The State in water policy" => p. 51-54, p. 63-83, p. 85-86, p. 96-98, p. 103-107 = 31 pages

• Session 3: "Local water policies and elected representatives" => p. 57-62, p. 86-96, p. 99-103 = 22 pages

• Session 4: "The effects of water policies" => p. 109-115, p. 116-119, p. 123-125 = 14 pages