TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving urban water supply in Mexico
T2 - a systematic review
AU - Silva Rodríguez de San Miguel, Jorge Alejandro
AU - Trujillo Flores, Mara Maricela
AU - Lambarry-Vilchis, Fernando
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2018/7/5
Y1 - 2018/7/5
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the measures taken by both the federal government of Mexico and its municipalities in relation to the country’s urban water supply and its management to improve it. Design/methodology/approach: The PRISMA guidelines were chosen as the framework for this systematic review of the available literature on urban water supply in Mexico, considering the most important and relevant legal and institutional considerations. They were paired with critical qualitative review. Overall, 21 main documents, between 2000 and 2016, were acceptable for inclusion. Findings: The review closes by proposing that the approach, at present, is excessively rigid, and that greater flexibility would permit municipalities to identify more suitable means of managing their own water supplies with minimal support from the federal government. Originality/value: Several research articles have been written about the general nature of Mexico’s urban water supply and management at present. However, no attempt has been made to synthesise the evidence and arguments made in this significant body of research. Thus, the key purpose of this review is to do that with the intention of proposing a shift in the country’s approach to urban water management.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the measures taken by both the federal government of Mexico and its municipalities in relation to the country’s urban water supply and its management to improve it. Design/methodology/approach: The PRISMA guidelines were chosen as the framework for this systematic review of the available literature on urban water supply in Mexico, considering the most important and relevant legal and institutional considerations. They were paired with critical qualitative review. Overall, 21 main documents, between 2000 and 2016, were acceptable for inclusion. Findings: The review closes by proposing that the approach, at present, is excessively rigid, and that greater flexibility would permit municipalities to identify more suitable means of managing their own water supplies with minimal support from the federal government. Originality/value: Several research articles have been written about the general nature of Mexico’s urban water supply and management at present. However, no attempt has been made to synthesise the evidence and arguments made in this significant body of research. Thus, the key purpose of this review is to do that with the intention of proposing a shift in the country’s approach to urban water management.
KW - Sanitation
KW - Urban water
KW - Water management
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U2 - 10.1108/MEQ-01-2018-0011
DO - 10.1108/MEQ-01-2018-0011
M3 - Artículo de revisión
SN - 1477-7835
VL - 29
SP - 859
EP - 876
JO - Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
JF - Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
IS - 5
ER -