A new paradigm for water? A comparative review of integrated, adaptive and ecosystem-based water management in the Anthropocene

Schoeman, J. L.; Allan, Catherine; Finlayson, C. Max

doi:10.1080/07900627.2014.907087

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“…In addition to AM, two prominent approaches are integrated water resources management (IWRM) and ecosystembased approaches (EBAs). All three share similar goals concerning equity, human well-being, and sustainability, though with slight differences in emphasis: sustainability (IWRM), conservation (EBAs), and a combination of the first two through the lens of learning (AM) (Schoeman et al 2014). IWRM promotes sustainability through a governance framework that allows actors to negotiate integrated land and water management at the scale of the river basin, at which point it is called integrated river basin management (IRBM) (Grigg 2008).…”

Section: Diverse Approaches To Adaptive Water Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Adaptive Management of Riverine Socio-ecological Systems

Sendzimir

Magnuszewski

Gunderson

2018

Riverine Ecosystem Management

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Section: Diverse Approaches To Adaptive Water Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…All three approaches increasingly converge in their application in water management as a result of debate among policy scientists ). Schoeman et al (2014) find that the strengths of all three can be combined to assist water managers in the following ways:…”

Section: Diverse Approaches To Adaptive Water Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adaptive Management of Riverine Socio-ecological Systems

Sendzimir

Magnuszewski

Gunderson

2018

Riverine Ecosystem Management

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“…However, the impacts of the Anthropocene on water are poorly understood, so the study of the hydrological effects of this new geological epoch should be a priority for researchers (Wheater 2015). At least, it should be noted that rec-ognition of the Anthropocene has rekindled the debate over the concept of water security, and motivated reflection on water paradigms (Schoeman, Allan and Finlayson 2014).…”

Section: Water and The Anthropocenementioning

confidence: 99%

“…As noted by Pahl-Wostl et al (2013: 709), there are 'major missing links between knowledge generation and policy framing' . This is a failure in academic research, because coping with the instability and uncertainty of the Anthropocene will require close co-operation among scientists, policy-makers and practitioners as well as among natural sciences, social sciences and humanities (Schoeman, Allan and Finlayson 2014;Pereira 2016); the aforementioned four key elements implied in the working definition of water security make this co-ordination mandatory. On this new planet, 'one role for scholarship […] is to provide those working more directly for social change with the knowledge and tools required for their efforts' (Nicholson and Jinnah 2016: 10).…”

Section: Water Security In the Anthropocenementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This relies on assumptions of stability, predictable uncertainty and the reversibility of trajectories of change within natural systems, aiming at maximizing water exploitation by reducing natural variability. Centralisation, sectoral institutions, restricted stakeholder participation, and a focus on technical engineering solutions are central features of this management approach (Schoeman, Allan and Finlayson 2014). As we have seen, the complexity and unpredictability associated with the Anthropocene make this approach obsolete, and there is strong and increasing evidence that conventional water management approaches have failed to ensure water security.…”

Section: Water Resources Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cities and Water Security in the Anthropocene: Research Challenges and Opportunities for International Relations

Pereira

Freitas

2017

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Abstract:Cities have become important actors in international relations, and integral to security and environmental politics. We are living in an increasingly urban world, dominated by human settlements and activities. The central role now played by humans in shaping the planet has led us into an uncertain, unstable, and dangerous geological epoch -the Anthropocene -that poses great and additional challenges to security. Local and global spheres are connected as never before, generating 'glocal' issues in which water plays a central role. Water is the element that interconnects the complex web of food, energy, climate, economic growth, and human security. In a rapidly urbanising world, cities influence the hydrological cycle in major but uncertain ways, affecting water resources beyond their boundaries. There is no doubt that these issues are highly relevant to the discipline of International Relations (IR). However, IR scholars have been slow to engage with them, and most academic studies of cities and water security still emanate from the natural sciences. This article examines the ways in which cities in the Anthropocene challenge water security, and why IR needs to reinvent itself if it wants to sustain its contribution to global security.

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Results‐based management of wicked problems? Indicators and comparative evidence from Latin America

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Environmental problems are often wicked, shaped by conflicts, complexity, and uncertainty. Research is called here to design effective management approaches adapted to these specific features of environmental problems. However, management approaches hardly account for both result-orientation and the respective management needs in the face of wicked problems. By combining the results-based management literature with an analytic understanding of wickedness, we identify 12 indicators for an effective management along four management stages (inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes) and three dimensions of wicked problems (goal diversity, system complexity, and uncertainty). An interview-based demonstration of the concept in the Latin American context suggests a chain of effects regarding the stages, which differs slightly concerning dimensions of wicked problems. A lack of resources results here in limited activities, outputs, and outcomes to address problems, which is further substantiated by diverse challenges throughout the resultschain. While these patterns are pertinent for all dimensions of wicked problems, we also find varying challenges for addressing conflicts, complexity, and uncertainty.These results call for more rigorous analysis at the policy capacity level and along the dimensions of wickedness as a starting point for achieving effective policies to address wicked environmental problems at the outcome level.

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A new paradigm for water? A comparative review of integrated, adaptive and ecosystem-based water management in the Anthropocene

Cited by 82 publications

References 56 publications

Adaptive Management of Riverine Socio-ecological Systems

Adaptive Management of Riverine Socio-ecological Systems

Cities and Water Security in the Anthropocene: Research Challenges and Opportunities for International Relations

Results‐based management of wicked problems? Indicators and comparative evidence from Latin America

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