Hydrogeological and power relations keep groundwater conflicts latent. Conflicts turning manifest require powerful shifts within hydrosocial territories. This paper reveals how humans and other-than-humans influence conflicts’ trajectories. Groundwater and long-distance water transfers can trigger, demobilise or shift conflicts. Solved conflicts can appear again in the future and somewhere else.
Journal
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2026.104835
ISBN/ISSN: 0016-7185
ISSN: 1872-9398
The junior research group regulate investigates challenges in the management of groundwater in Europe against the background of acute drought, conflictuality and the complexity of institutional frameworks.
Water and land are crucial resources for food security, economic development, social stability and ecological integrity. These resources are closely interlinked as a nexus and influence each other.
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