LangeMemo9

Legal: Water as a right in some constitutions Privatization of water in some areas

Technological: Decline of big damn projects Historical uncertainty of hydrologic estimates

Economic: Commercialization of water Current economic crisis Neoliberalism

Social: Dissatisfaction with relationship to civil engineering Desire to be involved with debates around global warming

Political: World Bank funding

Cultural: Backlash against big dam projects

Natural-Cultural: Global warming Water crisis