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Infrastructure for water security: coping with risks in rural Kenya
Journal of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene for Development ( IF 1.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 , DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2020.038
Leigh C. Hamlet 1 , Mark Mwiti Kamui 2 , Jessica Kaminsky 1
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Achieving universal access to sufficient water is becoming more challenging as climate change exacerbates water insecurity. Previous studies of water insecurity and climate-related hazards recommend understanding how people perceive and manage water-related risks. By uniquely combining protection motivation theory and photovoice, we explore water infrastructure's function in rural Kenyan households’ perception and mitigation of water-related risk. We find that infrastructure construction provides a sense of security, regardless of long-term management plans. During the dry season, built infrastructure's viability to mitigate risk is strained due to natural infrastructure's unreliability. In the context of limited built infrastructure, natural infrastructure, though unimproved, is necessary for water security. In the expected absence of large-scale infrastructure projects, for water authorities in rural Kenya, we recommend the construction of small-scale infrastructure to increase reliance upon rainwater harvesting and lessen the strain on other built infrastructure during the dry season. Coupling our method with an itemized scale can help explain discrepancies between actual insecurity and individuals’ responses to help water authorities predict interventions’ effectiveness and inform the division of responsibilities in policies intended to promote sustainable infrastructure management. We also recommend our method for assessing water infrastructure's role among households managing multiple climate-related risks to expand the resilience of the infrastructure.



中文翻译:

水安全基础设施:应对肯尼亚农村地区的风险

随着气候变化加剧水的不安全状况,实现普遍获得充足的水变得越来越具有挑战性。先前有关水不安全和与气候有关的危害的研究建议了解人们如何看待和管理与水有关的风险。通过独特地结合保护动机理论和语音,我们探索了水基础设施在肯尼亚农村家庭感知和缓解与水有关的风险中的作用。我们发现,无论长期的管理计划如何,基础架构的建设都具有安全感。在干旱季节,由于自然基础设施的不可靠性,已建基础设施降低风险的能力受到了限制。在基础设施有限的情况下,自然基础设施尽管未得到改善,但对于水安全而言是必不可少的。在预计没有大型基础设施项目的情况下,对于肯尼亚农村地区的水务部门,我们建议建设小型基础设施,以增加对雨水收集的依赖,并减轻干旱季节其他已建成基础设施的压力。将我们的方法与详细的规模相结合,可以帮助解释实际的不安全状况与个人的反应之间的差异,以帮助水务部门预测干预措施的有效性,并告知旨在促进可持续基础设施管理的政策责任划分。我们还推荐了一种方法,用于评估管理多种气候相关风险的家庭中水基础设施的作用,以扩大基础设施的弹性。我们建议建设小型基础设施,以增加对雨水收集的依赖,并减轻干旱季节其他已建成基础设施的压力。将我们的方法与详细的规模相结合,可以帮助解释实际的不安全状况与个人的反应之间的差异,以帮助水务部门预测干预措施的有效性,并告知旨在促进可持续基础设施管理的政策责任划分。我们还推荐了一种方法,用于评估管理多种气候相关风险的家庭中水基础设施的作用,以扩大基础设施的弹性。我们建议建设小型基础设施,以增加对雨水收集的依赖,并减轻干旱季节其他已建成基础设施的压力。将我们的方法与详细的规模相结合,可以帮助解释实际的不安全状况与个人的反应之间的差异,以帮助水务部门预测干预措施的有效性,并告知旨在促进可持续基础设施管理的政策责任划分。我们还推荐了一种方法,用于评估管理多种气候相关风险的家庭中水基础设施的作用,以扩大基础设施的弹性。将我们的方法与详细的规模相结合,可以帮助解释实际的不安全状况与个人的反应之间的差异,以帮助水务部门预测干预措施的有效性,并告知旨在促进可持续基础设施管理的政策责任划分。我们还推荐了一种方法,用于评估管理多种气候相关风险的家庭中水基础设施的作用,以扩大基础设施的弹性。将我们的方法与详细的规模相结合,可以帮助解释实际的不安全状况与个人的反应之间的差异,以帮助水务部门预测干预措施的有效性,并告知旨在促进可持续基础设施管理的政策责任划分。我们还推荐了一种方法,用于评估管理多种气候相关风险的家庭中水基础设施的作用,以扩大基础设施的弹性。

更新日期:2020-09-28
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