@article{fdi:010068682, title = {{T}ensions climatiques, tensions politiques dans l'histoire contemporaine de l'eau au {N}ord et au {S}ud de la {M}{\'e}diterran{\'e}e : une approche en termes de cycles institutionnels}, author = {{R}uf, {T}hierry}, editor = {}, language = {{FRE}}, abstract = {{F}or centuries, {M}editerranean people have known of extreme weather events, severe droughts and destructive floods. {A}fter such events, the reconstruction is often available. {T}he humans may overcome a flood if the society is organized to restore the hydraulic capital which was destroyed. {A} drought causes famine and migration and therefore, it has a more longer impact on the local society. {W}e may understand these cycles of hazardous events, they mark the spirits and they produce adaptive policies to face a crisis. {B}ut other tensions also generate water crisis in the history of {M}editerranean societies. {F}irst, we think to all those which were caused by the logic of colonial conquest, confrontation between political and military coalitions. {T}hen there are those coming with the exercise of absolute power after independence. {A}nd now, there are those which are induced by the globalization of the economy. {W}e will show in different local examples in {S}outh and {N}orth that these impacts are very significant and they combine with local dynamics, which sometimes are amplifying a general phenomena: {I}ntegrated grab of local resources, land, water, labor and public aid.}, keywords = {water ; climatic change ; resilience ; conflict ; cycle ; {ZONE} {MEDITERRANEENNE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{H}ouille {B}lanche : {R}evue {I}nternationale de l'{E}au}, numero = {4}, pages = {25--31}, ISSN = {0018-6368}, year = {2016}, DOI = {10.1051/lhb/2016036}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068682}, }