Carl J. Bauer
Associate Professor, School of Geography and Development
Ph.D, 1995, M.A., 1990, Jurisprudence and Social Policy, School of Law, University of California-Berkeley
M.S., 1988, Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A., 1983, Geology, Yale University
Tel.: 520-621-1917
Fax: 520-621-2889
E-mail: cjbauer@email.arizona.edu
442 Harvill Building
P.O. Box 210076
Tucson, AZ 85721
U.S.A.
Curriculum Vitae
Research
I work on water problems at the intersection of law, geography, and political economy. My research has focused on water rights in the Western U.S. and Latin America, particularly in Chile, though I have also studied other countries and international organizations. I have worked on issues of water markets; privatization and regulation; hydroelectric power and river basin management; water conflicts and governance; and environmental flows. All of my research has aimed to address issues of law and public policy and to bridge the gap between academic and policy audiences. To do this I have tried to integrate different fields of law, history, and social sciences as they relate to nature and environment. Such an interdisciplinary approach, grounded in the physical world, is what geography means to me. I joined the University of Arizona in 2006.
My current research looks at different countries’ efforts to use water markets and property rights reforms to improve environmental flows and water governance. With grad students and foreign colleagues, I seek to compare and contrast how people grapple with these issues in Chile, the Western U.S., and Spain. I am also somewhat obsessed with the relationship between electricity regulation and hydropower and the consequences for other water uses.
Courses
- Geog 304: Water, Environment, and Society
- Geog 468: Water and Sustainability
- Geog 596I: Comparative and International Water Policy
- Geog 596L: Law, Geography, and Property
Selected Publications
- 2005 "In the image of the market: The Chilean model of water resources management," International Journal of Water Vol.3, No.2, pp.146-165.
- 2004 "Results of Chilean water markets: Empirical research since 1990," Water Resources Research Vol.40, W09S06, doi:10.1029/2003WR002838.
- 2004 Siren Song: Chilean Water Law as a Model for International Reform (Washington, DC: RFF Press). Also published in Spanish as Canto de Sirenas: El Derecho de Aguas Chileno como Modelo para Reformas Internacionales (Bilbao, Spain: Bakeaz).
- 1998 Against the Current: Privatization, Water Markets, and the State in Chile (Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers). Also published in Spanish in 2002 as Contra la Corriente: Privatización, Mercados de Agua y el Estado en Chile (Santiago, Chile: LOM Ediciones / Fundación Terram / Resources for the Future).
- 1998 "Derecho y economía en la Constitución de 1980," Perspectivas en Política, Economía y Gestión Vol.2, No.1, pp.23-47 (Santiago, Chile).
- 1998 "Slippery property rights: Multiple water uses and the neoliberal model in Chile, 1981-1995," Natural Resources Journal Vol.38, No.1 (Winter), pp.109-155.
- 1997 "Bringing water markets down to earth: The political economy of water rights in Chile, 1976-1995," World Development Vol.25, No.5, pp.639-656.
Other Water Policy Activities
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