Jaime M Amezaga
Biographic Data
| ID | 2020770 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jaime M Amezaga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jaime M |
| FAMILY NAME | Amezaga |
| SIGNATURE | AMEZAGA J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2554-6512 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A study of Ukraine's water policy and infrastructure through path dependence
The Graphical Abstract shows the title at the top, reading “A Study of Ukraine’s Water Policy and Infrastructure Through Path Dependence”, followed by the authors' names. The abstract runs from left to right, representing a timeline of water infrastructure trajectory, confined by path dependence. It shows how at key moments, attempts to divert from this trajectory were unsuccessful in grey arrows, compounding the direction of policy into the orig…
Opposition windows in Delhi’s water utility privatization
John Kingdon’s Multi-Stream Framework sheds light on the foundational conditions under which public policies get formulated and implemented. The coupling of the Problem, Policy, and Politics streams along with efforts by Policy Entrepreneurs opens the Opportunity Window for policy realization. Interpreting Kingdon’s MSF, a rich scholarship exists, which found evidence in support of this framework. Some instances of the opening up of multiple wind…
Challenges and opportunities for decentralised water technologies in Scotland
The paradigm of centralised water and wastewater services is coming under significant pressure from multiple global factors. Therefore, there is a need to consider the challenges and opportunities for decentralised water and wastewater technologies and systems. This search is particularly relevant within the context of Scotland, where a proportion of the population uses existing decentralised technologies. The Scottish context shows that those us…
Decolonising water diplomacy and conflict transformation
Water diplomacy and conflict transformation are dominated by an interest-based paradigm, where attention is given solely to achieving security and peace. We intend to critically challenge this paradigm – which is mainly dominated by the views of the Global North – by emphasising two other important but often overlooked elements: equity and identity. We argue that diplomacy within the contemporary paradigm is easily manipulated by the broader secu…
The influence of 4D landscape visualisation on attitudes to reservoir renaturalisation
Landscapes change due to natural processes and anthropogenic influences such as farming, forestry, urban development and civil engineering. Sustainable land and water management is needed to meet human needs while responding to the climate and biodiversity crises. Landscape visualisation may facilitate this by improving stakeholder engagement and changing environmental baselines. We developed a 4D landscape visualisation of the Crummock Water cat…
Explaining path-dependent rigidity traps
Méndez, P. F., J. M. Amezaga, and L. Santamaría. 2019. Explaining path-dependent rigidity traps: increasing returns, power, discourses, and entrepreneurship intertwined in social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 24(2):30. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10898-240230
Mining in Latin America
Reviewed: Mining in Latin America: Critical Approaches to the New Extraction Edited by Kalowatie Deonandan and Michael L. Dougherty. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2016. xviii + 292 pp. £ 90.00. ISBN 978-1-138-92167-2
Water and climate risks to power generation with carbon capture and storage
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) provides the opportunity to minimize atmospheric carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants. However, CCS increases cooling water use and few studies have simulated the potential impacts of low flows on CCS power plant reliability. We present a framework to simulate the impacts of natural hydrological variability and climatic changes on water availability for portfolios of CCS capacity and cooling technologies…
The role of power, politics and history in achieving sanitation service provision in informal urban environments
Many theoretical urban sanitation planning approaches exist, but there is limited evidence of the successful implementation of these approaches, prompting questions about their suitability, especially in complex urban environments in low-income countries. Using primary and secondary data from Lusaka, Zambia, we explore possible limitations of these theoretical planning approaches in informal peri-urban areas. The findings show that while the “ena…
The impact of community social dynamics on achieving improved sanitation access for the urban poor
Electricity generation and cooling water use
Thermoelectric generation contributes to 80% of global electricity production. Cooling of thermoelectric plants is often achieved by water abstractions from the natural environment. In England and Wales, the electricity sector is responsible for approximately half of all water abstractions and 40% of non-tidal surface water abstractions. We present a model that quantifies current water use of the UK electricity sector and use it to test six decar…
Conceptualising context in institutional reforms of land and natural resource management
Research and policy debates over natural resource management in developing countries have largely focused on identifying the set of institutions that best supports resource sustainability and poverty alleviation. We argue that beyond finding the right institutional fit for a social-ecological system, it is equally important to understand how context affects the design and outcomes of institutional reforms. We propose a refined conceptualisation o…
Conceptualising context in institutional reforms of land and natural resource management
Research and policy debates over natural resource management in developing countries have largely focused on identifying the set of institutions that best supports resource sustainability and poverty alleviation. We argue that beyond finding the right institutional fit for a social-ecological system, it is equally important to understand how context affects the design and outcomes of institutional reforms. We propose a refined conceptualisation o…
Facilitating Transitional Processes in Rigid Institutional Regimes for Water Management and Wetland Conservation
Méndez, P. F., N. Isendahl, J. M. Amezaga, and L. Santamaría. 2012. Facilitating transitional processes in rigid institutional regimes for water management and wetland conservation: experience from the Guadalquivir Estuary. Ecology and Society 17(1): 26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04494-170126
Afforestation and forestry land allocation in northern Vietnam
Linking reforestation policies with land use change in northern Vietnam
Linking reforestation policies with land use change in northern Vietnam
Afforestation and forestry land allocation in northern Vietnam
Electricity generation and cooling water use
Thermoelectric generation contributes to 80% of global electricity production. Cooling of thermoelectric plants is often achieved by water abstractions from the natural environment. In England and Wales, the electricity sector is responsible for approximately half of all water abstractions and 40% of non-tidal surface water abstractions. We present a model that quantifies current water use of the UK electricity sector and use it to test six decar…
The impact of community social dynamics on achieving improved sanitation access for the urban poor
Conceptualising context in institutional reforms of land and natural resource management
Research and policy debates over natural resource management in developing countries have largely focused on identifying the set of institutions that best supports resource sustainability and poverty alleviation. We argue that beyond finding the right institutional fit for a social-ecological system, it is equally important to understand how context affects the design and outcomes of institutional reforms. We propose a refined conceptualisation o…
The role of power, politics and history in achieving sanitation service provision in informal urban environments
Many theoretical urban sanitation planning approaches exist, but there is limited evidence of the successful implementation of these approaches, prompting questions about their suitability, especially in complex urban environments in low-income countries. Using primary and secondary data from Lusaka, Zambia, we explore possible limitations of these theoretical planning approaches in informal peri-urban areas. The findings show that while the “ena…
Opposition windows in Delhi’s water utility privatization
John Kingdon’s Multi-Stream Framework sheds light on the foundational conditions under which public policies get formulated and implemented. The coupling of the Problem, Policy, and Politics streams along with efforts by Policy Entrepreneurs opens the Opportunity Window for policy realization. Interpreting Kingdon’s MSF, a rich scholarship exists, which found evidence in support of this framework. Some instances of the opening up of multiple wind…
Facilitating Transitional Processes in Rigid Institutional Regimes for Water Management and Wetland Conservation
Méndez, P. F., N. Isendahl, J. M. Amezaga, and L. Santamaría. 2012. Facilitating transitional processes in rigid institutional regimes for water management and wetland conservation: experience from the Guadalquivir Estuary. Ecology and Society 17(1): 26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04494-170126
Linking reforestation policies with land use change in northern Vietnam
Afforestation and forestry land allocation in northern Vietnam
Facilitating Transitional Processes in Rigid Institutional Regimes for Water Management and Wetland Conservation
Méndez, P. F., N. Isendahl, J. M. Amezaga, and L. Santamaría. 2012. Facilitating transitional processes in rigid institutional regimes for water management and wetland conservation: experience from the Guadalquivir Estuary. Ecology and Society 17(1): 26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04494-170126
Conceptualising context in institutional reforms of land and natural resource management
Research and policy debates over natural resource management in developing countries have largely focused on identifying the set of institutions that best supports resource sustainability and poverty alleviation. We argue that beyond finding the right institutional fit for a social-ecological system, it is equally important to understand how context affects the design and outcomes of institutional reforms. We propose a refined conceptualisation o…
Conceptualising context in institutional reforms of land and natural resource management
Research and policy debates over natural resource management in developing countries have largely focused on identifying the set of institutions that best supports resource sustainability and poverty alleviation. We argue that beyond finding the right institutional fit for a social-ecological system, it is equally important to understand how context affects the design and outcomes of institutional reforms. We propose a refined conceptualisation o…
Electricity generation and cooling water use
Thermoelectric generation contributes to 80% of global electricity production. Cooling of thermoelectric plants is often achieved by water abstractions from the natural environment. In England and Wales, the electricity sector is responsible for approximately half of all water abstractions and 40% of non-tidal surface water abstractions. We present a model that quantifies current water use of the UK electricity sector and use it to test six decar…
The role of power, politics and history in achieving sanitation service provision in informal urban environments
Many theoretical urban sanitation planning approaches exist, but there is limited evidence of the successful implementation of these approaches, prompting questions about their suitability, especially in complex urban environments in low-income countries. Using primary and secondary data from Lusaka, Zambia, we explore possible limitations of these theoretical planning approaches in informal peri-urban areas. The findings show that while the “ena…
The impact of community social dynamics on achieving improved sanitation access for the urban poor
Water and climate risks to power generation with carbon capture and storage
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) provides the opportunity to minimize atmospheric carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants. However, CCS increases cooling water use and few studies have simulated the potential impacts of low flows on CCS power plant reliability. We present a framework to simulate the impacts of natural hydrological variability and climatic changes on water availability for portfolios of CCS capacity and cooling technologies…
Mining in Latin America
Reviewed: Mining in Latin America: Critical Approaches to the New Extraction Edited by Kalowatie Deonandan and Michael L. Dougherty. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2016. xviii + 292 pp. £ 90.00. ISBN 978-1-138-92167-2
Explaining path-dependent rigidity traps
Méndez, P. F., J. M. Amezaga, and L. Santamaría. 2019. Explaining path-dependent rigidity traps: increasing returns, power, discourses, and entrepreneurship intertwined in social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 24(2):30. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10898-240230
The influence of 4D landscape visualisation on attitudes to reservoir renaturalisation
Landscapes change due to natural processes and anthropogenic influences such as farming, forestry, urban development and civil engineering. Sustainable land and water management is needed to meet human needs while responding to the climate and biodiversity crises. Landscape visualisation may facilitate this by improving stakeholder engagement and changing environmental baselines. We developed a 4D landscape visualisation of the Crummock Water cat…
Decolonising water diplomacy and conflict transformation
Water diplomacy and conflict transformation are dominated by an interest-based paradigm, where attention is given solely to achieving security and peace. We intend to critically challenge this paradigm – which is mainly dominated by the views of the Global North – by emphasising two other important but often overlooked elements: equity and identity. We argue that diplomacy within the contemporary paradigm is easily manipulated by the broader secu…
Challenges and opportunities for decentralised water technologies in Scotland
The paradigm of centralised water and wastewater services is coming under significant pressure from multiple global factors. Therefore, there is a need to consider the challenges and opportunities for decentralised water and wastewater technologies and systems. This search is particularly relevant within the context of Scotland, where a proportion of the population uses existing decentralised technologies. The Scottish context shows that those us…
Opposition windows in Delhi’s water utility privatization
John Kingdon’s Multi-Stream Framework sheds light on the foundational conditions under which public policies get formulated and implemented. The coupling of the Problem, Policy, and Politics streams along with efforts by Policy Entrepreneurs opens the Opportunity Window for policy realization. Interpreting Kingdon’s MSF, a rich scholarship exists, which found evidence in support of this framework. Some instances of the opening up of multiple wind…
A study of Ukraine's water policy and infrastructure through path dependence
The Graphical Abstract shows the title at the top, reading “A Study of Ukraine’s Water Policy and Infrastructure Through Path Dependence”, followed by the authors' names. The abstract runs from left to right, representing a timeline of water infrastructure trajectory, confined by path dependence. It shows how at key moments, attempts to divert from this trajectory were unsuccessful in grey arrows, compounding the direction of policy into the orig…
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