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Interdisciplinary and participatory approaches: the key to effective groundwater management | Approches interdisciplinaires et participatives: la clé d’une gestion efficace des eaux souterraines Enfoques interdisciplinarios y participativos: la clave para una gestión eficaz del agua subterránea 跨学科和参与式方法:有效地下水管理的关键 Abordagens inerdisciplinares ee participatórias: a chave para uma gestão eficaz das águas subterrâneas Full text
2017
Barthel, Roland | Foster, Stephen | Villholth, Karen G.
The challenges of a changing world, which are progressively threatening sustainable use of groundwater resources, can only be rationally and effectively addressed through close collaboration between experts and practitioners from different disciplines. Furthermore, science and management need to build on stakeholder opinions and processes in order to generate useful knowledge and positive outcomes in terms of sustainable and equitable groundwater management. This essay provides a discussion of the status of and vision for participatory and inter-disciplinary approaches to groundwater evaluation and management as well as a conceptual framework and relevant research questions that will facilitate such approaches.
Show more [+] Less [-]Can collective action address the “tragedy of the commons” in groundwater management? Insights from an Australian case study | L’ action collective peut-elle aborder la «tragédie des biens communs» dans la gestion des eaux souterraines? Aperçus d’une étude de cas australienne ¿Puede la acción colectiva contribuir para solucionar la “tragedia de los bienes comunes” en la gestión de aguas subterráneas? Perspectivas de un estudio de caso australiano 集体行动能够解决地下水管理中的“公地悲剧”吗?以澳大利亚案例研究之洞见 Pode a acção colectiva contribuir para resolver a “tragédia dos comuns” na gestão de água subterrânea? Perspectivas de um estudo de caso australiano Full text
2019
Shalsi, Sarah | Ordens, Carlos M. | Curtis, Allan | Simmons, Craig T.
Co-management through local collective action appeals as a way of effectively responding to critical groundwater management issues, including groundwater quality degradation and pumping that lowers water tables. Co-management may also build sufficient trust for stakeholders to agree to investigate, and potentially implement, new opportunities for the use and management of groundwater resources. This paper examines the potential of collective action to underpin co-management and lead to improved groundwater management. The case study is the Angas Bremer (AB) irrigation district in South Australia, which provides a rare example of community-lead groundwater management since the late 1970s. The key questions were: (1) Was the AB an example of collective action, and did that spark successful co-management? and, (2) What were the key outcomes of collective action throughout the years? Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders. By working together, and with government departments, AB irrigators successfully recovered an aquifer that was at risk of depletion and salinization. Drawing on this evidence, it is suggested that co-management through local collective action may be a useful option for those setting out to improve the social acceptability of new groundwater initiatives in farming landscapes, including managed aquifer recharge (MAR) and conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater.
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