Abstract
Currently renewable and non-renewable natural resources are limited
on the planet, due to several actions that cause global warming and hence
climate change. In this sense, the objective was to analyze the impact of global
warming on water supplies, placing the resource as a fundamental element of
international geopolitics. A documentary design, descriptive was used as data
collection technique tonnage and bibliographic content analysis was used
earlier sources. The results showed that the temperature levels on earth have
risen and that warming is drying reserves of fresh water, they reach only 3% of
the total resource. It was concluded that fresh water becomes a strategic
element and a resource of vital interest to the countries at the beginning of this
century, so that the integrated management thereof is required.
Keywords: geopolitics; fresh water; resources; water; XXI century.
Date Received: 12-11-2016
Date Acceptance: 30-12-2016
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Geopolitics of Water Resources in the XXI Century