Expert views on strategies to increase water resilience
Evidence From a Global Survey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4239167 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucy Rodina (0000-0001-5470-9005, University of British Columbia), Kai M A Chan (0000-0002-7804-3276, University of British Columbia) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | art28 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conservation Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1195-5449 • E-ISSN: 1708-3087 |
| Publisher | Resilience Alliance (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.5751/es-11302-240428 |
| OpenAlex | W2993235530 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 28 |
Scholars and policy-makers are advocating for increasing the resilience of water systems, both social and biophysical, to climate change impacts, and global environmental change more broadly. But what is "water resilience," and what does it imply for water resources management and water governance? Generally, water resilience may include ecological aspects of water quality or flood mitigation, engineered infrastructure to ensure safe and reliable water supply and to mitigate floods, and the socially inclusive and equitable governance of these systems. Following this, our goal was twofold: (1) explore and draw out a comprehensive set of water resource management strategies across sectors that are likely to contribute to increased resilience, and (2) investigate whether disciplinary divides are indeed a barrier toward convergence around key water resilience actions. To address these two gaps, we drew on a survey of experts in resilience and various aspects of water management and governance (n = 420), and aimed to synthesize their views on the specific strategies that can help enhance water resilience. Specifically, we surveyed experts across various water domains from ecosystem management to drought and flood management. Overall, we found that while debates about how to theorize or operationalize resilience in relation to different systems-social or biophysical-may be unresolved, there is considerable convergence among various experts about which actions are likely to make water systems more resilient to increasing risks and uncertainties. The most widely agreed upon strategies for building water resilience revolve around improved ecosystem health, integration across scales, and adaptation to change
Business · Climate change · Climate resilience · Corporate governance · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Flood myth · Geography · Operationalization · Psychological resilience · Socio-ecological system · Water resources · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Integrated Water Resources Management · Psychology · Water resources management and optimization · Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies · Ecology
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |