ABSTRACT

Locally nuanced community-based shallow groundwater management interventions have proven important in saline and sodic monsoonal regions. A mixed methods approach characterizes achievement of regeneration of the formerly degraded socio-ecological system of Laporiya village in the semi-arid Salt Lake region of Rajasthan state (India), with a focus on locally adapted chauka systems. Local people are key participants and agents as well as principal beneficiaries of innovative nature-based management interventions. Technological innovations and governance are adapted to environmental processes and local livelihood priorities, resisting imposed engineered solutions. Findings are transferrable to dryland areas facing similar challenges of declining water and livelihood security.

摘要

在盐水和苏打季风区，已证明基于局部细微差别的基于社区的浅层地下水管理干预措施很重要。混合方法的特征是在拉贾斯坦邦（印度）半干旱盐湖地区的拉波里亚村拉波里亚村的先前退化的社会生态系统的再生中，着眼于局部适应的秋卡系统。当地人是创新的基于自然的管理干预措施的主要参与者和代理商以及主要受益者。技术创新和治理适应环境过程和当地民生优先考虑，抵制强加的工程解决方案。研究结果可以转移到面临缺水和民生安全下降的类似挑战的干旱地区。