Floods and droughts: seasonal water fluctuations and the origin of the major water projects in the northwest basins of Cordoba - Argentina (1880-1925)

Abstract

At the dawn of the configuration of the agro-export model in Argentina, with the consolidation of the state and the formation of modern technical cadres, the provincial ruling elite reaffirmed their discourse on the “inadequacy” of the natural characteristics of the valleys of the provincial northwest. We tried to highlight how the seasonal and interannual fluctuations of precipitation caused multiplicity of effects on the economic and social dynamics of the mountain valleys. At the same time, we want to describe how different social agents visualized these threats and progressively intervened on the currents.