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Building on adaptive capacity to extreme events in Brazil: water reform, participation, and climate information across four river basins
Regional Environmental Change ( IF 3.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-27 , DOI: 10.1007/s10113-020-01636-3
Maria Carmen Lemos , Bruno Peregrina Puga , Rosa Maria Formiga-Johnsson , Cydney Kate Seigerman

Building the capacity of water systems to prepare and adapt to climate-driven events has become an important goal for water managers in Brazil. One aspect of building adaptive capacity (AC) is the ability of organizations and actors within these systems to apply techno-scientific knowledge (TSK), in particular, climatic information, to plan and respond to extreme events. However, the way the use of knowledge interacts with theorized determinants of AC, such as stakeholder-driven governance and democratic deliberation, remains relatively unexplored in the empirical literature. In this article, we propose a simple heuristic to understand the relationship between the use of climate knowledge and participatory management and explore it empirically in the context of integrated water resources management (IWRM) in four river basins in Brazil. We find that despite an overall increase in the capacity of the basins studied to manage drought through time, the relationship between use of TSK and participation is not straightforward. Rather, knowledge use to inform decision-making remains mostly insulated, with few groups controlling both the process of producing knowledge and making decisions in times of crisis. Yet, across all cases, the continued exposure of river basin organizations (RBOs) to TSK suggests a growing appreciation for the role of information in supporting action and increased efforts by RBOs to develop their own knowledge resources to become more relevant in the decision-making process.

中文翻译:

利用巴西对极端事件的适应能力:四个河流域的水改革,参与和气候信息

建设水系统的能力以准备和适应气候驱动的事件已经成为巴西水管理者的重要目标。建立适应能力(AC)的一个方面是这些系统中的组织和参与者使用技术科学知识(TSK)(特别是气候信息)来计划和应对极端事件的能力。但是,在经验文献中,相对而言,知识的使用与AC的理论决定因素(例如,利益相关者驱动的治理和民主审议)之间的相互作用方式仍然相对未开发。在本文中,我们提出了一种简单的启发式方法,以了解气候知识的使用与参与式管理之间的关系,并在巴西四个流域的水资源综合管理(IWRM)的背景下进行实证研究。我们发现,尽管所研究流域通过时间管理干旱的能力总体上有所提高,但使用TSK和参与程度之间的关系并不简单。相反,知识用于指导决策仍处于绝热状态,很少有小组在危机时期既控制知识的产生又控制决策的过程。然而,在所有情况下,流域组织(TSB)持续暴露于TSK中,这表明人们越来越了解信息在支持行动中的作用,并且各机构(RBO)加大了开发自己的知识资源以使其在决策中更加重要的努力处理。用来指导决策的知识大部分仍然处于隔离状态,很少有团体在危机时期控制知识的产生和决策的过程。然而,在所有情况下,流域组织(TSB)持续暴露于TSK中,这表明人们越来越了解信息在支持行动中的作用,并且各机构(RBO)加大了开发自己的知识资源以使其在决策中更加重要的努力处理。用来指导决策的知识大部分仍然处于隔离状态,很少有小组在危机时期控制知识的产生和决策的过程。然而,在所有情况下,流域组织(TSB)持续暴露于TSK中,这表明人们越来越了解信息在支持行动中的作用,并且各机构(RBO)加大了开发自己的知识资源以使其在决策中更加重要的努力处理。
更新日期:2020-04-27
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