Gestion de l’eau et projet de territoire : vers une gestion intégrée du delta du Rhône

Dervieux, Alain; Jolly, Geneviève; Allouche, Aurélien

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“…For that purpose, monitoring and modelling of the system was developed by ecologists and hydrologists (Chauvelon 2001a(Chauvelon , 2001b. Social studies complemented these physical scientific studies in order to understand and improve the region's decision-making process (Picon 1988, Mathevet 2004, Dervieux et al 2006.…”

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Water Management in the Camargue Biosphere Reserve: Insights from Comparative Mental Models Analysis

Mathevet¹,

Étienne²,

Lynam³

et al. 2011

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Mental models are the cognitive representations of the world that frame how people interact with the world. Learning implies changing these mental models. The successful management of complex social-ecological systems requires the coordination of actions to achieve shared goals. The coordination of actions requires a level of shared understanding of the system or situation; a shared or common mental model. We first describe the elicitation and analysis of mental models of different stakeholder groups associated with water management in the Camargue Biosphere Reserve in the Rhône River delta on the French Mediterranean coast. We use cultural consensus analysis to explore the degree to which different groups shared mental models of the whole system, of stakeholders, of resources, of processes, and of interactions among these last three. The analysis of the elicited data from this group structure enabled us to tentatively explore the evidence for learning in the nonstatute Water Board; comprising important stakeholders related to the management of the central Rhône delta. The results indicate that learning does occur and results in richer mental models that are more likely to be shared among group members. However, the results also show lower than expected levels of agreement with these consensual mental models. Based on this result, we argue that a careful process and facilitation design can greatly enhance the functioning of the participatory process in the Water Board. We conclude that this methodology holds promise for eliciting and comparing mental models. It enriches group-model building and participatory approaches with a broader view of social learning and knowledge-sharing issues.

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Water Management in the Camargue Biosphere Reserve: Insights from Comparative Mental Models Analysis

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Lynam³

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“…En parallèle, une première évaluation des risques d'inondation en France a mis en évidence la forte vulnérabilité du territoire littoral à la submersion marine : 1,4 million de résidents permanents et au moins 850 000 emplois sont potentiellement exposés à ce risque en métropole (MEDDE/DGPR, 2011). Si plusieurs programmes de recherche français ont récemment abordé ce risque littoral sur des côtes basses (Dervieux et al, 2006 ;Vinchon et al, 2010), les liens complexes entre dépoldéri-sation et submersion ont plus particulièrement été évo-qués aux Pays-Bas, en Grande-Bretagne et en Picardie (Goeldner-Gianella, 2013 ;Gueben-Venière et al, 2010 ;Bawedin, 2013).…”

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Dossier « Territoires en transition environnementale » – Gérer le risque de submersion marine par la dépoldérisation : représentations locales et application des politiques publiques dans le bassin d’Arcachon

Goeldner‐Gianella

Bertrand

2014

Nat. Sci. Soc.

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Résumé -Abstract -Managing coastal flooding risk through depolderisation: perceptions of local stakeholders and implementation of public policies in the Arcachon Bay (France). In the Arcachon Bay, researchers and local players are reflecting together on the ways to deal with the broadly acknowledged risk of coastal flooding and its management methods. The latter waver between the currently implemented harder management method and a softer one based on different levels of depolderisation. The depolderisation technique is being investigated through an interdisciplinary, comparative and multiscalar approach. If handling risks of coastal flooding through depolderisation may seem paradoxical, scientific studies have highlighted the interest of this defence approach, especially to curb swell and reduce defence costs. In the south-eastern part of the Arcachon Bay, the Barcasub programme (Liteau, MEDDE) is thus investigating the positive and negative effects of potential management methods as regards defence, economics, landscapes and ecology. Locally, the policies and uses regarding reclaimed areas have turned markedly green since the 1970s. However, both the social perception of the risk and of depolderisation, cannot be said to have turned green as well. In fact, this defence method would certainly lead to a change in polder management or in territorial uses. The study also leads us to reflect on the overall defence of the Arcachon Bay currently in process through hard and soft coastal protection measures. Through its comparative as well as multiscalar approach of the reclaimed areas, our research programme aims to establish the scales at which depolderisation actions could be relevant.

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Using the ecosystem services concept to analyse stakeholder involvement in wetland management

Cohen-Shacham

Dayan

Groot

et al. 2014

Wetlands Ecol Manage

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Wetland management usually involves multiple stakeholders. This paper describes how the use of the ecosystem services (ES) concept can help to identify the main stakeholders associated with wetland conservation, using the Hula Wetland in the Sea of Galilee's watershed as a case study. We conducted a stakeholder analysis based on semi-structured interviews. We focused on the management of two seminatural areas within the larger Hula Wetland area (Hula Nature Reserve and Agamon), in which different management regimes are used and which provide different bundles of ES to different stakeholders. Using the ES concept in the stakeholder analysis, we were able to present the Hula Wetland management in a comprehensive manner. The approach also revealed a lack of coordination between the managing organisations which might lead to competition favouring cultural services (in particular tourism) at the expense of habitat services (i.e. biodiversity conservation) in the future. To test our method we also conducted a stakeholder analysis in the Camargue Wetland in France. The two wetlands have similar characteristics but are embedded in different institutional contexts. The Camargue Regional Park has a multi-stakeholder platform which could serve as an example for the Hula Wetland to improve its management and lead to better coordination and complementarity of ES provided by the two sub-sites. Our study showed that applying the ES concept helps to quickly identify relevant stakeholders and analyse wetland management in a more holistic way and to point towards sustainable solutions for conflicting stakeholder interests.

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Gestion de l’eau et projet de territoire : vers une gestion intégrée du delta du Rhône

Cited by 5 publications

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Water Management in the Camargue Biosphere Reserve: Insights from Comparative Mental Models Analysis

Water Management in the Camargue Biosphere Reserve: Insights from Comparative Mental Models Analysis

Dossier « Territoires en transition environnementale » – Gérer le risque de submersion marine par la dépoldérisation : représentations locales et application des politiques publiques dans le bassin d’Arcachon

Using the ecosystem services concept to analyse stakeholder involvement in wetland management

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