The significance of the causal loop is that Bolivia is back where it started with no current means of solving their water scarcity problem. Web. Saturday, September 5. In 2001, 75% of the central richer part of the city had piped water while 75% of the poorer southern part of the city lacked piped water (Ledo 10). The protests culminated on April 8 with a 17 year old boy, Victor Hugo Daza, being shot in the protest by a mililtary sharp shooter while on his way home from a part time job (Finnegan). Data retrieved November 15, 2013, from World DataBank database. Web. 14 Nov. 2013. Others predict that the wet season could see more water, but less water in the dry season. This increased movement to the cities is creating a worsening problem of inequality as more and more poor live on the outskirts of cities making very low wages. Speaking 15 years after he first put forward his study, he admitted not everyone had reacted well to his prediction. The second problem is government mismanagement of the resources. "Fears Grow of a Himalayan Tsunami as Glaciers Melt." Hourly. . Turbulent climate patterns have been a part of this region for a long time. Overall, this causal loop tries to link together governmental, economic, and environmental factors to show how conflict arisee in Cochabamba. The Bolivian government in response declared that the country was under siege and further declared martial law (Frontline). These countries might have to deal with internal migration from water scarce areas to water rich areas, which could cause conflict with various indigenous groups that live in the surrounding areas. Use up and down arrows to change selection. "International Business Times. Web. 12 Dec. 2013. This central part of the city also consumed 48% of the water resources even though they only represented 30% of the population (Ledo 10). BBC, 12 Aug. 2009. . Dr Simon Day said a landslide in the Canary Islands could send the huge wave speeding thousands of miles across the Atlantic to the Americas. This is causing a problem where people are moving to the cities from the countryside because of lack of water, but when the people arrive they find that the cities are running out of water as well. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. As pointed out before, La Paz receives 15% of their water from glacial melt in the wet season and 27% in the dry season ("Andean Water"). The top of Chile and the western part of Bolivia are both areas of extreme stress, which could create conflict since Chile and Bolivia have a tense relationship since Bolivia lost its access to the ocean in the War of the Pacific to Chile. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:03:50 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter). The initial Cochabamba Water Protests were concluded when the government terminated the water and sanitation contract with Aguas del Tunari. . If water increasingly becomes scarcer, more residents will start tapping into the water system outside of the state SEMAPA Company possibly depleting water sources further. N.p., 14 June 2013. Ledo, Carmen. Drought 1245-1310 This leads to many from the countryside moving to the urbanized areas, which further pulls from the declining water system. The result was that Aguas de Tunari’s contract was ended and SEMAPA the public water company was reinstated over the municipal water source. Print. Chile ended up winning and gaining about a third more territory than it had before the war. Within Bolivia, Cochabamba is located in central Bolivia in a valley located near the Andes mountain range. Currently cities like El Alto on the outskirts of La Paz have had taps dry out. . Privatization allows foreign companies to expand water resources, but to do so they need to increase the water price. The Guardian in 2009 reported "The tribal chief, 62-year-old Felix Quispe, 62, says the river that has sustained them for millennia is drying up. The Cochabamba water protests that occurred in 2000 centered on the issue of water privatization in the city of Cochabamba Bolivia. As more and more people move to the cities it will require better management of the public water infrastructure and Bolivia being a relatively mismanaged country this could lead to tensions that may eventually turn violent. There is a great potential for violent conflict in the future due to the extremely unequal nature of Bolivian society. Chan Chan depended on large step down water wells for water, but forced labor also built extensive irrigation canal systems that relied on a timetable of water delivery to different areas. Different parts of the canal were able to operate even if parts of it were destroyed by floods or dried up during droughts (Fagan 169). As seen in the graphic below, the Andes will be one of the most water stressed regions in the world with decreasing amount of water per person. Gigler, Bjorn Soren. Web. 5 pm . "Climate Change and Water Resources in Arid Mountains: An Example from the Bolivian Andes." If water stress increases it might add new importance for Bolivia to gain access to the ocean. . The Chimor kingdom, that existed in neighboring Peru, provides a great example of a civilization that was able to adapt to climate shifts during the medieval warming period. - Conflict Overlap 11 Dec. 2013. Bolivia had switched from military rule to civilian rule in 1982 but hyperinflation and economic problems forced the Bolivian government to seek out the help of the World Bank and the IMF. In the future the type of conflict and its origins might change. An increase in police forces eventually leads to violent clashes which decreases government approval. Their concern was not primarily to solve the water scarcity problem created by climate change. BBC, 09 Apr. Web. William Finnegan from the New Yorker write"By the time Daza had been raised onto his bier and the police and the Army had been repeatedly prevented from seizing his body, there was clearly no future for Aguas del Tunari in Cochabamba." The Cochabamba Water Protests of 2000 provide a case study and warning of future problems to come for Cochabamba and other areas in Bolivia. "Study: Warming could 'tip' Bolivia drought." . This resulted in a loss of access to the sea by Bolivia, which until this day presses Chile to regain access. The Chimor who were more established, created large storage reservoirs. IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Part of the water comes from glacial melt nearby. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.