Subnational governance and integrated water management: towards ecocentric river protection in Ecuador
Identification
- Public canonical key
- doi:10.1515/jigs-2025-0015
- Authors
- Belen Estefanny Parco Fuentes
- Reported year
- 2026
- Reported language
- en
- Source type
- article
- First detected
- 2026-11-09T19:15:57.050427+00:00
- Last metadata observation
- 2026-11-09T19:15:57.050427+00:00
- Last HTTP verification
- Not checked
Documentary abstract — original language
Abstract This paper explores challenges for river protection in Ecuador, considering rivers as living ecosystems and subjects of rights. The methodology includes a normative analysis to identify the roles of provincial, municipal, and parish governments in regulating industrial discharges, waste management, hazardous waste management, and land use. It also incorporates a case study of the San Pedro River, participant observation with the Rescate del Río San Pedro collective, and a deductive approach to develop an integrated governance proposal. The results show a distribution of competencies that enables subnational governments to act on the main polluting activities. Moreover, citizen initiatives play an important role in river protection. However, isolated policies, regulatory overlaps, and the absence of coordinated and participatory approaches limit effective protection. The research concludes that protecting rivers requires an ecological understanding of these ecosystems. It proposes that intergovernmental coordination and active citizen participation, through an ecocentric and systemic approach, are necessary to achieve integrated river management in Ecuador.
Identifiers
- OPENALEX
- W7125582572
- DOI
- 10.1515/jigs-2025-0015
Documentary context
- Documentary family
- Scholarship
- Source-reported types
- article
- Jurisdictions studied — explicit sources
- EC
- Natural entities mentioned
- River · Ecosystem
Entity mentions are not evidence of legal recognition. Jurisdiction studied is separate from author affiliation country.
Sources
OpenAlex · Record 1 · Record 2
Documented bibliographic relations
Source-declared references and links; they do not establish legal support or UGLC qualification. Up to 20 outgoing references are displayed.
- openalex:w2073652155 · CITES
- openalex:w2131379390 · CITES
- openalex:w2529336724 · CITES
- openalex:w2799275779 · CITES
- openalex:w2899391275 · CITES
- openalex:w2966385238 · CITES
- openalex:w3001623433 · CITES
- openalex:w3156553682 · CITES
- openalex:w3198264785 · CITES
- openalex:w4240302132 · CITES
- openalex:w4253773297 · CITES
- openalex:w4283756301 · CITES
- River definitions reciprocally define us · CITES
2 incoming references within the detected corpus
Documentary field provenance
Source-backed values and values with unresolved provenance are kept separately. Bibliographic provenance validates no legal claim.
- Title
- Documentary source reported
- Publication
- Documentary source reported
- Authors
- Documentary source reported
- Document type
- Documentary source reported
- Jurisdiction
- Studied subject derived from explicit documentary context
- Court
- Not recorded
- Issuing authority
- Not recorded
- Publisher
- Not recorded
- DOI
- Documentary source reported
- ISBN
- Not recorded
- Official identifier
- Not recorded
- Source URL
- Documentary source reported
- Source-reported status
- Not recorded
- Amendment / repeal
- Not recorded
Cite this reference
Belen Estefanny Parco Fuentes. Subnational governance and integrated water management: towards ecocentric river protection in Ecuador. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1515/jigs-2025-0015
JSON · CSL-JSON · BibTeX · RIS · CSV · JSON-LD ·
APA, Chicago, ISO 690: bibliographic formats using available fields. OSCOLA / Bluebook: structured data only; full legal citation compliance is not claimed without verification of required elements.
- APA
- Belen Estefanny Parco Fuentes. (2026). Subnational governance and integrated water management: towards ecocentric river protection in Ecuador. https://doi.org/10.1515/jigs-2025-0015
- Chicago
- Belen Estefanny Parco Fuentes. Subnational governance and integrated water management: towards ecocentric river protection in Ecuador. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1515/jigs-2025-0015
- ISO 690
- Belen Estefanny Parco Fuentes. Subnational governance and integrated water management: towards ecocentric river protection in Ecuador. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1515/jigs-2025-0015
UDTR Global Rights of Nature Legal Library. Subnational governance and integrated water management: towards ecocentric river protection in Ecuador. Documentary record: https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-26c7ae8cd00a699d88cf284c283d7663/ · Last HTTP verification: not performed
Field provenance and record version
Version 064d9ab75380f97d · udtr-reference-1.1.2
- Title
- OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-09T19:15:57.050427+00:00
- Authors
- OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-09T19:15:57.050427+00:00
- Year
- OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-09T19:15:57.050427+00:00
- Identifiers
- OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-09T19:15:57.050427+00:00
- Source URL
- OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-09T19:15:57.050427+00:00
- Source-reported author ORCID
- OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-09T19:15:57.050427+00:00
History tracks record metadata and does not certify the state of the law.
1a820a4bd55d86a1 · 2026-11-09T19:15:57.050427+00:00
be2cacb4c0eeb136 · 2026-11-09T19:15:57.050427+00:00
ae7e5ebf4035fac7 · 2026-11-09T19:15:57.050427+00:00
064d9ab75380f97d · 2026-11-09T19:15:57.050427+00:00
Research dossiers and documentary relations
EC ·
Source roles
Discovery source · https://doi.org/10.1515/jigs-2025-0015
Discovery source · https://openalex.org/W7125582572
An authority link alone does not verify a legal claim. Abstracts and full texts remain subject to their source terms.
Documentary status
Relevance pending
Library
This identity is not yet included in the Legal Library.