2021/07/01 by Yair Asael Alpuche Álvarez, Luzma Fabiola Nava, Alpuche Álvarez, Yair Asael +5
Engineering · Environmental Science · Social Sciences · #Water Governance and Infrastructure #Water Resource Management and Quality #Water resources management and optimization #pensamiento sistémico #política pública #recursos hídricos #socioecosistemas #sociohidrología
paper · pdf · doi:10.29265/gypp.v30i2.881
openalex publication_date 2021/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
From a theoretical model integrated by the socioecological systems and ecosystem services approaches, we discuss the relations between science and public policy in Mexico. Through the study of Mexico’s main water resource management instrument, the National Waters Law, we underline the progressive efforts made to integrate a range of scientific knowledge into public policy-making processes. However, both public policy-making and the generation of regulatory frameworks do not always evolve at the same rate as science, and vice versa. The challenge is how institutions and governmental authorities adapt at the same time as the production of scientific knowledge progresses. Public policy design and formulation need to be adapted in tandem with science itself