{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7204962636","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10234","title":"The Mach\u00e1ngara River Goes to Court","display_name":"The Mach\u00e1ngara River Goes to Court","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7204962636","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10234"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1017/pub.2026.10234","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10234","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10234","pdf_url":"https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C7FE32E9128E9784D324D5D05AD7E92E/S2977017326102345a.pdf/div-class-title-the-machangara-river-goes-to-court-div.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4404669140","display_name":"Public humanities.","issn_l":"2977-0173","issn":["2977-0173"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Public Humanities","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C7FE32E9128E9784D324D5D05AD7E92E/S2977017326102345a.pdf/div-class-title-the-machangara-river-goes-to-court-div.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000623335","display_name":"Marta Echavarria","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Marta Echavarr\u00eda","raw_affiliation_strings":["EcoDecision"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"EcoDecision","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5123247018","display_name":"Maribel Pasquel","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Maribel Pasquel","raw_affiliation_strings":["San Pedro River Rescue Collective"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"San Pedro River Rescue Collective","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5107929130","display_name":"Margaret Stern","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8208-5017","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8208-5017"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Margaret Stern","raw_affiliation_strings":["EcoDecision"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8208-5017","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"EcoDecision","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5107929130"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":3550,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3550},"apc_paid":{"value":3550,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3550},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"2","issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12895","display_name":"Environmental law and policy","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3308","display_name":"Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12895","display_name":"Environmental law and policy","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3308","display_name":"Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13528","display_name":"Water Resources and Governance","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3308","display_name":"Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13438","display_name":"Environmental Conservation and Management","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2308","display_name":"Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rights-of-nature","display_name":"rights of nature","score":0.7770000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machangara-river","display_name":"Mach\u00e1ngara River","score":0.996999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/river-restoration","display_name":"river restoration","score":0.5889999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/urban-environmental-governance","display_name":"urban environmental governance","score":0.7310000061988831},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sewage-pollution","display_name":"wastewater pollution","score":0.5189999938011169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/industrial-discharge","display_name":"industrial discharge","score":0.7960000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/indigenous-participation","display_name":"indigenous participation","score":0.5440000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/standing-to-sue","display_name":"standing to sue","score":0.7110000252723694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/burden-of-proof","display_name":"burden of proof","score":0.9350000023841858},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/loss-and-damage","display_name":"loss and damage","score":0.6159999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nature-based-solutions","display_name":"nature-based solutions","score":0.9210000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/watershed-protection","display_name":"watershed protection","score":0.6899999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quito","display_name":"Quito","score":0.6179999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/community-based-monitoring","display_name":"community-based monitoring","score":0.4020000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-justice","display_name":"environmental justice","score":0.3799999952316284}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777134139","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q697327","display_name":"Lawsuit","level":2,"score":0.7278000116348267},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780643141","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q819049","display_name":"Pledge","level":2,"score":0.7120000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97460637","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468489","display_name":"Plaintiff","level":2,"score":0.6376000046730042},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.5400000214576721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.5386999845504761},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39389867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380767","display_name":"Corporate governance","level":2,"score":0.5159000158309937},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55958113","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169480","display_name":"Indigenous","level":2,"score":0.49970000982284546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.48919999599456787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776001114","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q920486","display_name":"Indigenous rights","level":3,"score":0.45509999990463257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3116431","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31728","display_name":"Public administration","level":1,"score":0.42559999227523804},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777682447","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3039637","display_name":"Environmental governance","level":3,"score":0.4171999990940094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C150547873","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q947851","display_name":"Watershed","level":2,"score":0.37290000915527344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29985473","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188460","display_name":"Natural resource","level":2,"score":0.3709000051021576},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163258240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25342","display_name":"Power (physics)","level":2,"score":0.36649999022483826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C128069549","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328798","display_name":"Environmental law","level":2,"score":0.32989999651908875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776435075","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249253","display_name":"Harmonious Society","level":3,"score":0.3249000012874603},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91375879","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15473274","display_name":"Environmental planning","level":1,"score":0.3215000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777976496","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541936","display_name":"Public participation","level":2,"score":0.3151000142097473},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776475305","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29627","display_name":"Public interest","level":2,"score":0.29899999499320984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48103436","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599031","display_name":"State (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.2806999981403351},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780526558","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345314","display_name":"Good governance","level":3,"score":0.28049999475479126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778348171","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167037","display_name":"Corporation","level":2,"score":0.27730000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107826830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929380","display_name":"Environmental resource management","level":1,"score":0.27559998631477356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169437150","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8458","display_name":"Human rights","level":2,"score":0.27459999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C526734887","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q832237","display_name":"Environmental protection","level":1,"score":0.2720000147819519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.27149999141693115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778137410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732820","display_name":"Government (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.26840001344680786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C513891491","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181865","display_name":"Civil society","level":3,"score":0.26579999923706055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781188222","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929651","display_name":"Grassroots","level":3,"score":0.2630999982357025}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1017/pub.2026.10234","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10234","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10234","pdf_url":"https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C7FE32E9128E9784D324D5D05AD7E92E/S2977017326102345a.pdf/div-class-title-the-machangara-river-goes-to-court-div.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4404669140","display_name":"Public humanities.","issn_l":"2977-0173","issn":["2977-0173"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Public Humanities","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1017/pub.2026.10234","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10234","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10234","pdf_url":"https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C7FE32E9128E9784D324D5D05AD7E92E/S2977017326102345a.pdf/div-class-title-the-machangara-river-goes-to-court-div.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4404669140","display_name":"Public humanities.","issn_l":"2977-0173","issn":["2977-0173"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Public Humanities","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":0.9595999717712402},{"display_name":"Clean water and sanitation","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/6","score":0.7778000235557556},{"display_name":"Life on land","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/15","score":0.7605999708175659},{"display_name":"Sustainable cities and communities","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/11","score":0.4000000059604645}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204962636.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204962636.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":10,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1915019404","https://openalex.org/W2602632401","https://openalex.org/W2973039111","https://openalex.org/W3040977563","https://openalex.org/W3041976602","https://openalex.org/W4381513170","https://openalex.org/W4394798018","https://openalex.org/W4407166243","https://openalex.org/W4414721498","https://openalex.org/W7129032032"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7128115643","https://openalex.org/W7115179569","https://openalex.org/W7124437187","https://openalex.org/W2479604109","https://openalex.org/W4410903170","https://openalex.org/W7222718202","https://openalex.org/W7213932284","https://openalex.org/W2789962858","https://openalex.org/W3027831779","https://openalex.org/W4391612280"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"The":[1,64,101,149],"landmark":[2],"Rights":[3,68,156],"of":[4,31,69,91,143,155,157],"Nature":[5,70,158],"case":[6,65,151],"for":[7,98],"the":[8,25,29,48,56,89,118,153],"Mach\u00e1ngara":[9,26,150],"River":[10,27],"in":[11,112,180],"Quito,":[12],"Ecuador,":[13],"is":[14],"examined.":[15],"Long":[16],"degraded":[17],"by":[18,36,117,124,164],"untreated":[19],"wastewater,":[20],"industrial":[21],"discharges,":[22],"and":[23,39,54,87,108,140,169],"urbanization,":[24],"became":[28],"focus":[30],"a":[32,51,60,72,113,177],"citizen-led":[33],"lawsuit":[34],"supported":[35],"scientists,":[37],"academics,":[38],"indigenous":[40],"representatives.":[41],"In":[42],"2024,":[43],"an":[44],"Ecuadorian":[45],"court":[46],"recognized":[47],"river":[49],"as":[50,133,176],"rights-bearing":[52],"entity":[53],"ordered":[55],"municipality":[57],"to":[58,95,120,159],"implement":[59],"27-point":[61],"restoration":[62],"plan.":[63],"demonstrates":[66],"how":[67],"offers":[71],"more":[73],"effective":[74],"legal":[75,85,170],"strategy":[76],"than":[77],"traditional":[78],"loss-and-damage":[79],"claims,":[80],"correcting":[81],"power":[82],"asymmetries,":[83],"expanding":[84],"standing,":[86],"shifting":[88],"burden":[90],"proof":[92],"from":[93],"plaintiffs":[94],"authorities":[96],"responsible":[97],"environmental":[99,162],"protection.":[100,182],"ruling":[102],"catalyzed":[103],"public":[104],"awareness,":[105],"institutional":[106],"learning,":[107],"political":[109],"commitments,":[110],"culminating":[111],"November":[114],"2025":[115],"pledge":[116],"mayor":[119],"clean":[121],"Quito\u2019s":[122],"rivers":[123],"2040.":[125],"It":[126],"also":[127],"sparked":[128],"new":[129],"governance":[130,163],"structures,":[131],"such":[132],"community":[134,167],"groups":[135],"tasked":[136],"with":[137],"monitoring":[138],"compliance,":[139],"encouraged":[141],"discussion":[142],"nature-based":[144],"solutions":[145],"despite":[146],"municipal":[147],"resistance.":[148],"highlights":[152],"potential":[154],"transform":[160],"urban":[161],"integrating":[165],"science,":[166],"action,":[168],"innovation,":[171],"positioning":[172],"Quito":[173],"once":[174],"again":[175],"global":[178],"reference":[179],"watershed":[181]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-09-23T05:00:35.095934","created_date":"2026-09-02T00:00:00"}