Sustainable Watershed Management: An International Multi-Watershed Case Study

Wagner, Walter; Gawel, James E.; Furumai, Hiroaki; Souza, Marcelo Pereira de; Teixeira, Denílson; Rios, Leonardo; Ohgaki, Shinichiro; Zehnder, Alexander J. B.; Hemond, Harold F.

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“…Despite the importance of water for the survival of living beings, at present, the management of water resources is not sustainable from the environmental perspective [19,20]. Two of the indicators that demonstrate this are water withdrawal and water treatment [21].…”

Section: Sustainable Water Managementmentioning

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Understanding User Behavioral Intention to Adopt a Search Engine that Promotes Sustainable Water Management

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An increase in users’ online searches, the social concern for an efficient management of resources such as water, and the appearance of more and more digital platforms for sustainable purposes to conduct online searches lead us to reflect more on the users’ behavioral intention with respect to search engines that support sustainable projects like water management projects. Another issue to consider is the factors that determine the adoption of such search engines. In the present study, we aim to identify the factors that determine the intention to adopt a search engine, such as Lilo, that favors sustainable water management. To this end, a model based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is proposed. The methodology used is the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis with the Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS). The results demonstrate that individuals who intend to use a search engine are influenced by hedonic motivations, which drive their feeling of contentment with the search. Similarly, the success of search engines is found to be closely related to the ability a search engine grants to its users to generate a social or environmental impact, rather than users’ trust in what they do or in their results. However, according to our results, habit is also an important factor that has both a direct and an indirect impact on users’ behavioral intention to adopt different search engines.

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Section: Sustainable Water Managementmentioning

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Understanding User Behavioral Intention to Adopt a Search Engine that Promotes Sustainable Water Management

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“…Bellamy et al 1999;Berke 2000;Costanza et al 2000;Daly 1990; Gudmundsson and Höjer 1996;Jepson Jr. 2001;Wagner et al 2002). Bellamy et al 1999;Berke 2000;Costanza et al 2000;Daly 1990; Gudmundsson and Höjer 1996;Jepson Jr. 2001;Wagner et al 2002).…”

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Adaptive and Integrated Water Management

Pahl‐Wostl¹,

Kabat²,

Möltgen³

2008

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The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.Cover design: deblik, Berlin Typesetting: camera-ready by the editors Production: Christine Adolph X Preface be used as an excuse for delaying action. The current knowledge base is sufficient to support a transition in water resource management to adaptive and integrated approaches. These approaches are urgently needed to guarantee water-related services without compromising environmental, economic or social sustainability and to decrease the vulnerability of societies to water-related hazards. The fact that the conference takes place under the auspices of the European Parliament is a clear signal of the political relevance and timeliness of the conference theme. We expect that the book will provide a valuable source of inspiration and guidance for scientists, policy makers and practitioners in their work on water policy and management.We want to thank all contributors to this book for their efforts in providing high quality manuscripts and to Patrick Wild, Torsten Hoch and Stefan Riffert from the CAIWA team at the University of Osnabrück who worked day and night to ensure that the book would be available for the conference. The financial support for the NeWater project from the European Commission is gratefully acknowledged.

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“…There are 263 transboundary river basins that cover 45.3% of the land surface of the earth and support approximately 40% of the global human population [10]. Transboundary watershed management requires the cooperation of at least two nations and is heavily influenced by politics, economics, demographics, physical geography, and ecology among other factors [10,11]. There is great potential for conflict over the management of transboundary water resources and conflicts have already occurred in some of these basins [12].…”

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A Metacoupling Framework for Exploring Transboundary Watershed Management

2020

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Water is crucial for ecosystem health and socioeconomic development, but water scarcity is becoming a global concern. Management of transboundary watersheds is inherently challenging and has the potential to lead to conflict over the allocation of water resources. The metacoupling framework, which explores the relationships between coupled human and natural systems that are nested within multiple different scales, has been proposed to inform more holistic management of transboundary watersheds. This paper provides the first attempt to apply a metacoupling framework to a transboundary watershed for an improved integrated understanding of this complex system at multiple spatial scales. It does so with the transnational Limpopo River watershed in Southern Africa, which covers 1.3% of the continent and supports the livelihoods of 18.8 million people living in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing a growing gap between water availability and demand; the primary drivers are population growth and agriculture expansion. The novelty of the paper is outlining the importance of applying a metacoupling framework to transboundary watersheds, identifying the limitations to this application, and providing a detailed assessment of the steps needed to complete this application. We also identify directions for future research including application of a metacoupling framework to other transboundary watersheds and exploration of spillover effects and externalities within this and other transboundary watersheds.

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Sustainable Watershed Management: An International Multi-Watershed Case Study

Cited by 35 publications

References 15 publications

Understanding User Behavioral Intention to Adopt a Search Engine that Promotes Sustainable Water Management

Understanding User Behavioral Intention to Adopt a Search Engine that Promotes Sustainable Water Management

Adaptive and Integrated Water Management

A Metacoupling Framework for Exploring Transboundary Watershed Management

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