Managing the wicked problem of Devils Lake flooding along the US–Canada border

Kharel, Gehendra; Romsdahl, Rebecca J.; Kirilenko, Andrei

doi:10.1080/07900627.2018.1523050

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“…Children and youth in this study therefore view disasters utilizing a multicausal, multiactor framework (Massazza, Brewin and Joffe 2019). Such frameworks pinpoint climate change, weather patterns, local geography, social vulnerabilities, planning and land‐use decisions, and even macrolevel political and economic decisions as intersecting causal mechanisms, making disaster risk a “wicked problem” (Kharel, Romsdahl, and Kirilenko 2018). That children and youth in our study are beginning to grapple with these complexities is noteworthy.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

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“We Need to Do Something About This”: Children and Youth’s Post‐Disaster Views on Climate Change and Environmental Crisis

McDonald‐Harker

Bassi

Haney

2020

Sociological Inquiry

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Research is increasingly uncovering the many ways that individuals affected by disasters change their environmental views in response to their direct experience of such catastrophic events. There is a growing body of research that focuses on adults’ environmental views, revealing that they often remain complacent toward environmental problems even after experiencing a disaster. However, very little research examines whether and to what extent children and youth’s environmental views shift and change after experiencing a disaster. This article fills this gap by specifically focusing on the environmental views and practices of 83 children and youth between the ages of 5 and 17 years who experienced the 2013 Southern Alberta Flood, the costliest flood disaster in Canadian history. Findings suggest that disaster catalyzes a process of reflexivity in children and youth. Experiencing the flood prompted children and youth to think more about the environment than prior to the flood; contemplate larger environmental issues, such as climate change, as the root cause of the locally experienced flood; and take action, as well as call others to action, to ameliorate climate and environmental problems in their own lives and communities. We discuss the implications these findings have for environmental and disaster education, policies, and practices.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“We Need to Do Something About This”: Children and Youth’s Post‐Disaster Views on Climate Change and Environmental Crisis

McDonald‐Harker

Bassi

Haney

2020

Sociological Inquiry

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“…In that time period, they discharged a total of 1.16 km 3 of lake water into the Sheyenne River. Although the discharge of flood water has effectively lowered the water level from its historical peak in 2011 (Figure ), it has also increased the risk of flooding in the Sheyenne River and has raised concerns of water quality degradation (Kharel et al ). High concentrations of sulfate can threaten aquatic life, degrade water quality, and increase the cost of water treatment bore by the communities who rely on the Sheyenne River and RRNB for drinking water (National Wildlife Federation ).…”

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Mitigating Impact of Devils Lake Flooding on the Sheyenne River Sulfate Concentration

Shabani

Zhang

Chu

et al. 2020

J American Water Resour Assoc

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Research Impact Statement: The operation of the Devils Lake outlets can be optimized to reduce the impact on sulfate concentration of the Sheyenne River.ABSTRACT: Devils Lake is a terminal lake located in northeast North Dakota. Because of its glacial origin and accumulated salts from evaporation, the lake has a high concentration of sulfate compared to the surrounding water bodies. From 1993 to 2011, Devils Lake water levels rose by~10 m, which flooded surrounding communities and increased the chance of an overspill to the Sheyenne River. To control the flooding, the State of North Dakota constructed two outlets to pump the lake water to the river. However, the pumped water has raised concerns about of water quality degradation and potential flooding risk of the Sheyenne River. To investigate these perceived impacts, a Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was developed for the Sheyenne River and it was linked to a coupled SWAT and CE-QUAL-W2 model that was developed for Devils Lake in a previous study. While the current outlet schedule has attempted to maintain the total river discharge within the confines of a two-year flood (36 m 3 /s), our simulation from 2012 to 2018 revealed that the diversion increased the Sheyenne River sulfate concentration from an average of 125 to >750 mg/L. Furthermore, a conceptual optimization model was developed with a goal of better preserving the water quality of the Sheyenne River while effectively mitigating the flooding of Devils Lake. The optimal solution provides a "win-win" outlet management that maintains the efficiency of the outlets while reducing the Sheyenne River sulfate concentration to ≤600 mg/L. (

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“…In general terms, a wicked problem is a situation of high complexity, uncertainty, and divergence which involves multiple stakeholders with distinct needs, values, interests, knowledges, and expectations (Kharel, Romsdahl, and Kirilenko 2018). Following Sol et al (2018), the most realistic effort for addressing such problems is to make improvements in problematic situations and learn from such efforts.…”

Section: 'Wicked Problems' and Water Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The multiplicity of jurisdictions often associated with wicked problems implies that the solutions as preferred by the various stakeholders may diverge or even be contradictory. Only an unbounded time frame offers chances to appraise the efficacy and consequences of potential solutions (Kharel, Romsdahl, and Kirilenko 2018), learn from our attempts, and accordingly improve these (Sol et al 2018). For solutions are consequential and can create new problems.…”

Section: 'Wicked Problems' and Water Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Responding to Environmental Issues through Adaptive Collaborative Management

Colfer¹,

Prabhu²

2023

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Focused on forest management and governance, this book examines two decades of experience with Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM), assessing both its uses and improvements needed to address global environmental issues.The volume argues that the activation and the empowerment of local peoples are critical to addressing current environmental challenges and that this must be enhanced by linking and extending such stewardship to global and national policymakers and actors on a broader scale. This can be achieved by employing ACM's participatory approach, characterized by conscious efforts among stakeholders to communicate, collaborate, negotiate and seek out opportunities to learn collectively about the impacts of their action. The case studies presented here reflect decades of experience working with forest communities in three Indonesian Islands and four African countries. Researchers and practitioners who participated in CIFOR's early ACM work had the rare opportunity to return to their research sites decades later to see what has happened. These authors reflect critically on their own experience and local site conditions to glean insights that guide us in more effectively addressing climate change and other forest-related challenges. They showcase how global and regional actors will have to work more closely with smallholders, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, recognizing the key local roles in forest stewardship. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners working in the fields of conservation, forest management, community development, natural resource management and development studies more broadly.

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Managing the wicked problem of Devils Lake flooding along the US–Canada border

Cited by 7 publications

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“We Need to Do Something About This”: Children and Youth’s Post‐Disaster Views on Climate Change and Environmental Crisis

“We Need to Do Something About This”: Children and Youth’s Post‐Disaster Views on Climate Change and Environmental Crisis

Mitigating Impact of Devils Lake Flooding on the Sheyenne River Sulfate Concentration

Responding to Environmental Issues through Adaptive Collaborative Management

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