Production of scale in regional hydropolitics: An analysis of La Plata River Basin and the Guarani Aquifer System in South America

Silva, Luis Paulo Batista da; Hussein, Hussam

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.11.019

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“…The temporal scale is equally critical in nexus planning as it is essential in scenario planning (an important component of nexus planning) and for interpreting future climatic and environmental changes, resource availability or population projections at different time intervals [64]. Each spatial scale has its own dynamics, particularly when it comes to data availability [65].…”

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The Water-Energy-Food Nexus as an Adaptation Strategy for Achieving Sustainable Livelihoods at a Local Level

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The imbalance between resource availability and population increase requires transformative approaches to inform policy, decision-making and practice on coherent adaptation strategies for improved livelihoods and resilient communities. Nexus approaches are built on an understanding that natural processes do not operate in isolation within a system; hence, an emergent challenge in one unit obviously disturbs the whole system. This study applied an integrated water-energy-food (WEF) nexus analytical model to holistically assess resource availability, distribution, use and management at a local level in Sakhisizwe Local Municipality, South Africa. The aim was to inform strategies and guidelines on improving livelihoods of resource-poor rural communities. The calculated municipal composite index of 0.185, coupled with a deformed spider graph, represents a marginally sustainable resource management result. The analysis simplified the relationship between the intricately interlinked socio-ecological components and facilitated the identification of priority areas for intervention. The process provides pathways that steer resource use efficiencies and attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Unlike current linear approaches, integrated and transformative approaches like the WEF nexus provide a multidisciplinary platform for stakeholder engagement to sustainably enhance cross-sectoral coordination of resource management and harmonisation of policies and strategies. The WEF nexus approach is useful for informing decisions on improving livelihoods, enhancing resource securities, identifying priority areas for intervention and providing transformative pathways towards sustainable development.

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Section: Way Forwardmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus as an Adaptation Strategy for Achieving Sustainable Livelihoods at a Local Level

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“…The problem of overexploitation of groundwater resources is widespread in the Haihe River Basin, and the popularization rate of agricultural water-saving projects is relatively low in some areas. Groundwater resources are often over-exploited for agricultural uses in the Haihe River Basin, as well as in other basins around the world, from the Middle East to South America [35][36][37][38]. Research has shown how management of transboundary groundwater resources is more likely to happen at the local level rather than at the national or transboundary level, as users have a direct interest in preserving quantity and quality of its water [39,40].…”

Section: Arol Model Of Groundwater Exploitation Rate and Effective Irmentioning

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Evaluation and Optimization of Agricultural Water Resources Carrying Capacity in Haihe River Basin, China

Kang

Wang

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The shortage and uneven spatial and distribution of agricultural water resources has greatly restricted the sustainable development of regional society and economy. In this study, an improved five-element connection number set pair analysis model, which subdivides the same–different–opposite connection number in the set pair analysis theory to enhance the integrity and effectiveness of the original ternary connection numbers is constructed to evaluate the agricultural water resources carrying capacity (AWRCC) in the Haihe River Basin. Based on this evaluation result, an optimization model (AROL model) is proposed to optimize the effective irrigation area and groundwater exploitation to achieve a “better level” of AWRCC. The evaluation result shows that the current AWRCC of the Haihe River Basin is relatively low. The AWRCC in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Liaoning is Level III and the current agricultural water resources are not overloaded but have little carrying potential. The AWRCC of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Henan, and Shandong are rated IV and overloaded, among which Shandong has the lowest comprehensive score and the most serious overload. The optimization result shows that the extraction and conservation of groundwater in most areas of the Haihe River Basin is unbalanced and the effective irrigation area needs to be increased. With different current conditions in different areas, the groundwater exploitation and the effective irrigation area is adjusted correspondingly. Among the areas, the adjustment of groundwater exploitation and the effective irrigation area in Hebei are the most significant.

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“…Analysis [196] Water The mechanisms that were introduced by the political perspective focus on overcoming the constraints that are imposed by the political environment on transboundary water interactions in order to enable facilitating transboundary water conflict resolution. As Figure 10 shows, they do not address the technical or the economic process that are needed to resolve transboundary water conflicts.…”

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Transboundary Water Conflict Resolution Mechanisms: Substitutes or Complements

Tayia

2019

Water

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This paper examines the transboundary water resources conflict resolution mechanisms. Various academic fields have provided conflict resolution mechanisms that could be used to analyse transboundary water conflicts. These mechanisms include social planner, water market, game theory, static and dynamic systems engineering models, and negotiation analyses. These mechanisms share some common characteristic features. This similarity has led to a general belief that these mechanisms are competitive substitutes. However, closer examination by this research reveals that these mechanisms have more complementarity than similarity. This complementarity permits researchers and practitioners to combine any two or more of them to develop more comprehensive mechanisms with stronger analytical capacity to analyse the different elements of the process of transboundary water conflict resolution.

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Production of scale in regional hydropolitics: An analysis of La Plata River Basin and the Guarani Aquifer System in South America

Cited by 46 publications

References 33 publications

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus as an Adaptation Strategy for Achieving Sustainable Livelihoods at a Local Level

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus as an Adaptation Strategy for Achieving Sustainable Livelihoods at a Local Level

Evaluation and Optimization of Agricultural Water Resources Carrying Capacity in Haihe River Basin, China

Transboundary Water Conflict Resolution Mechanisms: Substitutes or Complements

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