Gestión del agua: Una visión urbana y rural para el crecimiento económico de México.
Date Issued
2025
Author(s)
Advisor(s)
Briseño Ramírez, Hugo
Tovar García, Edgar Tovar
Type
text::thesis::doctoral thesis
Abstract
Water management faces a new global paradigm, driven by climate change, urban growth,
competition among uses (domestic, industrial, agricultural, and energy), inefficient use, pollution,
and obsolete infrastructure. As a limited resource, water has acquired strategic relevance,
demanding comprehensive approaches that go beyond technical aspects to incorporate social,
economic, and political dimensions.
This thesis analyzes the role of water as a scarce and valuable economic resource,
combining micro and macroeconomic perspectives. At the micro level, it studies the financial self-
sufficiency of operating agencies and productive diversification in irrigation districts as indicators
of efficiency and sustainability. At the macro level, it examines how water availability and quality
affect subnational economic growth.
The empirical analysis is based on three studies: 1) a panel database of 31 urban agencies
(2017–2019) reveals that financial self-sufficiency is positively associated with domestic tariffs
and operational efficiencies, and negatively with location in the southeast of the country;
2) a dynamic model for the 32 federal entities (2005-2020) shows that water availability is
positively related to per capita GDP, though not to growth rates; and 3) in 86 irrigation districts, it
is demonstrated that crop diversification improves water yield, with statistically significant effects.
The findings confirm that the water problem in Mexico must be addressed as a
comprehensive economic challenge, with implications for public management, applied economics,
and water policy design.
competition among uses (domestic, industrial, agricultural, and energy), inefficient use, pollution,
and obsolete infrastructure. As a limited resource, water has acquired strategic relevance,
demanding comprehensive approaches that go beyond technical aspects to incorporate social,
economic, and political dimensions.
This thesis analyzes the role of water as a scarce and valuable economic resource,
combining micro and macroeconomic perspectives. At the micro level, it studies the financial self-
sufficiency of operating agencies and productive diversification in irrigation districts as indicators
of efficiency and sustainability. At the macro level, it examines how water availability and quality
affect subnational economic growth.
The empirical analysis is based on three studies: 1) a panel database of 31 urban agencies
(2017–2019) reveals that financial self-sufficiency is positively associated with domestic tariffs
and operational efficiencies, and negatively with location in the southeast of the country;
2) a dynamic model for the 32 federal entities (2005-2020) shows that water availability is
positively related to per capita GDP, though not to growth rates; and 3) in 86 irrigation districts, it
is demonstrated that crop diversification improves water yield, with statistically significant effects.
The findings confirm that the water problem in Mexico must be addressed as a
comprehensive economic challenge, with implications for public management, applied economics,
and water policy design.
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How to cite
Navarro Guerrero, R. (2025). Gestión del agua: Una visión urbana y rural para el crecimiento económico de México. (Tesis de Doctorado). Universidad Panamericana.
Table of contents
Capítulo 1. Introducción -- Capítulo 2. Determinantes de la autosuficiencia financiera de los organismos operadores de agua mexicanos -- Capítulo 3. El impacto de la disponibilidad y la contaminación del agua en el crecimiento económico a nivel subnacional: evidencia de México -- Capítulo 4. Análisis de la relación entre la diversificación de cultivos y el rendimiento hídrico en los distritos de riego mexicanos