Adapting to climate change by water management organisations: Enablers and barriers

Azhoni, Adani; Jude, Simon; Holman, Ian P.

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.02.047

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“…In this study, we implemented an adaptation strategy that was based on the assumption that responses compatible with current projects and plans for the study area could be implemented under all futures. However, the ability to adapt is also conditioned by the future socio-economic context, as the associated economic, political and social conditions can enhance or deteriorate the enablers and disablers of adaptive capacity (Azhoni et al 2018).…”

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Enhancing production and flow of freshwater ecosystem services in a managed Himalayan river system under uncertain future climate

Momblanch

Beevers

Srinivasalu³

et al. 2020

Climatic Change

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Future climate change will likely impact the multiple freshwater ecosystem services (fES) provided by catchments through their landscapes and river systems. However, there is high spatio-temporal uncertainty on those impacts linked to climate change uncertainty and the natural and anthropogenic interdependencies of water management systems. This study identifies current and future spatial patterns of fES production in a highly managed water resource system in northern India to inform the design and assessment of plausible adaptation measures to enhance fES production in the catchment under uncertain climate change. A water resource systems modelling approach is used to evaluate fES across the full range of plausible future scenarios, to identify the (worst-case) climate change scenarios triggering the greatest impacts and assess the capacity of adaptation to enhance fES. Results indicate that the current and future states of the fES depend on the spatial patterns of climate change and the impacts of infrastructure management on river flows. Natural zones deliver more regulating and cultural services than anthropized areas, although they are more climate-sensitive. The implementation of a plausible adaptation strategy only manages to slightly enhance fES in the system with respect to no adaptation. These results demonstrate that water resource systems models are powerful tools to capture complex system dependencies and inform the design of robust catchment management measures. They also highlight that mitigation and more ambitious adaptation strategies are needed to offset climate change impacts in highly climate-sensitive catchments.

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Enhancing production and flow of freshwater ecosystem services in a managed Himalayan river system under uncertain future climate

Momblanch

Beevers

Srinivasalu³

et al. 2020

Climatic Change

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“…Water is one of the key driving factors to ensure sustainable development and is under increasing pressure, with a mismatch between the demand for, and availability of, water across both temporal and geographical scales [1]. Worldwide water consumption continues to grow, and it is estimated that by the year 2030, more than 160% of the total water volume available in the world will be needed to satisfy the global water requirements [2]. Water scarcity is considered one of the most important challenges of our time, constituting an increasing problem in many parts of the world [3].…”

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How to Close the Gap of Desalinated Seawater for Agricultural Irrigation? Confronting Attitudes between Managers and Farmers in Alicante and Murcia (Spain)

Ricart

Villar-Navascués

Gil-Guirado

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Water

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Although desalination water cost and quality standards have been widely studied, less attention has been paid to understanding how desalination plant managers and irrigation communities interact to address water scarcity. This paper aims to approach these questions from experience in Alicante and Murcia (Spain). Two specific questionnaires have been applied to (1) three desalination plants managed by the Spanish public company ACUAMED, and (2) 11 irrigation communities who use desalinated seawater. Discursive analysis has been applied in order to deepen understanding on the driving factors, benefits, and barriers of desalination use and management. Results highlighted how (1) irrigation communities consider desalination as a complementary water source to be combined with conventional water resources, (2) both ACUAMED and irrigation communities highlighted two main advantages of desalination: the security/guarantee of supply and water quality parameters, and (3) managers and irrigators disagree on the desalination model of seawater provision and management, since irrigators consider that the Central Union of the Tajo-Segura transfer irrigators (SCRATS) should have a leading role. In addition, the main driving factors and barriers useful for policy makers when closing the gap of desalination have been identified: water price and energy consumption; lack of water storage capacity and regulation; environmental impacts.

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“…Unfortunately, several barriers inhibit climate change adaptation as it relates to the food system. These barriers include paucity of knowledge on adaptation measures, insufficient agricultural infrastructure, policy implementation challenges, and migration limitations (Azhoni, Jude, & Holman, ; Berchin, Valduga, Garcia, & Guerra, ; Castells‐Quintana, Lopez‐Uribe, & McDermott, ; Helm, Pollitt, Barnett, Curran, & Craig, ). Central to the present study are the effects that socioecological considerations have on adaptation measures (Adger, Barnett, Brown, Marshall, & O'Brien, ).…”

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Overcoming climate change adaptation barriers: A study on food–energy–water impacts of the average American diet by demographic group

Bozeman

Theis

2019

J of Industrial Ecology

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Effectively adapting to climate change involves overcoming social and ecological system barriers.The present study uses a three-phase adaptation framework to propose adaptation strategies aimed at overcoming socioecological barriers of the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus. Cradleto-farm-gate land, greenhouse gas (GHG), and water impacts-that derive from food consumption in the United States-are analyzed and differentiated by major demographic groups (Black, Latinx, and White). Results indicate that the White demographic yields the highest per capita GHG (680 kg of CO 2 eq⋅year −1 ) and water impacts (328,600 L⋅year −1 ) from food consumption, whereas the Black demographic yields the highest per capita land impacts (1,770 m 2 ⋅year −1 ) from food consumption. Our findings suggest that obtaining data with the intention of building consensus across sociodemographic lines overcomes barriers in the understanding phase, leading to increased social receptivity for many planning and managing phase processes. Specifically, we find that identifying and developing leaders who possess the cognitive and interpersonal capacity to manage many variables and stakeholders is key to assessing and selecting adaptation options in the planning phase. We also propose using government programming to encourage environmentally friendly food purchasing behavior. Then, we discuss how our proposals could be used in adaptation feasibility and evaluation activities in the managing phase. In all, these findings facilitate the development of improved climate change adaptation and policy by satisfying the understanding phase of the climate change adaptation framework, establishing a cross-disciplinary methodological approach to addressing socioecological problems, and providing useful FEW impact data for FEW nexus and climate change researchers.

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Adapting to climate change by water management organisations: Enablers and barriers

Cited by 69 publications

References 145 publications

Enhancing production and flow of freshwater ecosystem services in a managed Himalayan river system under uncertain future climate

Enhancing production and flow of freshwater ecosystem services in a managed Himalayan river system under uncertain future climate

How to Close the Gap of Desalinated Seawater for Agricultural Irrigation? Confronting Attitudes between Managers and Farmers in Alicante and Murcia (Spain)

Overcoming climate change adaptation barriers: A study on food–energy–water impacts of the average American diet by demographic group

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