Thesis supervisor: Agathe Euzen
This thesis project aims to explore the relationship between equity and ecology in the field of water, an approach that is now essential for sustainable management in a context of global change. Our main hypothesis is that the sustainability of water resources in the Adour-Garonne basin (BAG), which has been in crisis for several years, is interdependent with the capacity of water governance models to consider situations of vulnerability, both human and non-human, within their management territory. while always ensuring the principles of solidarity between upstream and downstream areas, and between surface water and groundwater. We will seek to identify equity issues that could improve sustainable water management in a context of uncertainty linked to global change. We will also look at how water governance models, depending on the context (hydro, actors, scales, uses, mechanisms), are appropriate and applied in the territory and how they can sometimes be a means of arbitrating other issues that are in the public interest.
Year of enrollment: 2025
Doctoral school: City, Transportation, and Territories – VTT