Waterscape: a perspective for understanding the contested geography of water

Karpouzoglou, Timothy; Vij, Sumit

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“…Situación que se agrava en aquellos territorios en los que se instalan proyectos de desarrollo extractivistas de recursos naturales para la producción de commodities (Gudynas, 2012), como es el caso de la minería (Machado, 2014) y sus efectos negativos en el ciclo hidrosocial y los paisajes del agua (Karpouzoglou et al, 2017).…”

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Hacia Una Conservación Integrada Del Paisaje Biogeocultural De Atacama

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El paisaje y el geopatrimonio se han posicionado como elementos relevantes tanto en las ciencias de la tierra como en aquellas vinculadas a la conservación de la biodiversidad, el paisaje y la diversidad cultural. Sin embargo, conceptos como valoración, inventario, cuantificación y consolidación de los sitios relevantes, en la perspectiva del geopatrimonio, son aún poco desarrollados, al menos en América Latina y Chile, pues, aunque existen metodologías específicas, estas aún no han sido aplicadas de forma sistemática. En este trabajo se realiza una propuesta para avanzar tanto en la definición de los elementos de geopatrimonio del área de la macrorregión de Atacama como en acciones hacia su consolidación en asociación con figuras ya establecidas como son las áreas protegidas pertenecientes al SNASPE o figuras emergentes relevantes como la de Reservas de la Biosfera. Los resultados expuestos son una lista preliminar de sitios y su relación con áreas preexistentes, así como propuestas de gobernanza en el marco de los desafíos, amenazas e instrumentos de planificación ambiental vigentes.Palabras clave: Gobernanza adaptativa, geosistema, paisaje biogeocultural, Atacama.Landscape and geoheritage has emerged as a very relevant concept both from Earth sciences and related sciences linked to the conservation of biodiversity, landscapes and cultural diversity. However, concepts like valuation, inventory, quantification and consolidation of the relevant sites of geoheritage is still an underdeveloped issue, at least in Latin America and Chile, although there are specific methodologies, these have not yet been systematically applied in Chile. In this work we make a proposal to advance both the definition of the geoheritage of the macro-region of Chilean Atacama, and to concrete actions towards its consolidation in association with already established conservation figures such as the protected areas belonging to the public system (SNASPE) or relevant emerging figures such as the Biosphere Reserves. The results presented are a preliminary list of sites and their possible relationship with pre-existing areas, as well as proposals for governance in the context of current challenges, threats and environmental planning instruments.

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Hacia Una Conservación Integrada Del Paisaje Biogeocultural De Atacama

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“…the Ganges and Teesta Rivers (Biswas, 2011;Ho, 2016) 9 . Such experiences do not offer a good start for negotiating issues related to other transboundary rivers.…”

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“…The discussion section elaborates how the use of material and ideational results in 'non-decision making' and key policy-relevant insights of this study, followed by the conclusion. 9 The Ganges and Teesta are other transboundary rivers between Bangladesh and India.…”

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Power interplay between actors in climate change adaptation policy-making in South Asia

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To address the impacts of climate change, countries in South Asia are increasingly making efforts to design climate change adaptation (CCA) policies. Such policies are prepared in a complex power-loaded environment, where different policy actors struggle with one another to meet their personal or collective interests. Current CCA policy research highlights the importance of power in policy-making, but few studies have looked into this systematically.This dissertation therefore aims to study the role of power in CCA policy-making in South Asia and to recommend ways to deal with the negative effects of power.The research adopts an abductive research design, using qualitative case studies in Nepal, India and Bangladesh. Case studies at local, national and transboundary level are conducted to study how actors' power interplay influences CCA policy-making processes and policies.This dissertation proposes a power interplay framework that describes interactions between policy actors and how actors deploy material and ideational resources to influence one another.It presents evidence of how policy actors use these resources at local and regional level to exclude local policy actors and push for short-termism in local adaptation plans and in the planning process for the transboundary Brahmaputra River basin. It shows that multiple climate policy paradigms shape the way in which adaptation is framed and approached by policy actors and that these paradigms have an important influence on how power interplay evolves.To reduce the negative effects of power -for example, the exclusion of actors -I distilled four power-sensitive design principles (PDPs) from other social science disciplines for application in the CCA context. The results of this dissertation offer theoretical contributions to the study of CCA policy-making in South Asia, and concrete and practically relevant PDPs are proposed to improve long-term CCA planning. Chapter 4Non-decisions are also decisions: power interplay between Bangladesh and India over the Brahmaputra River 75

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“…This image of the conceptual framework ( Figure 1) demonstrates how waterscapes is an overarching framework (Karpouzoglou and Vij 2017). In this thesis, waterscapes is used to explore the social and material production of water.…”

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“…Swyngedouw (1999) uses the concept of waterscapes to theorize how water and social relations are produced relationally. Political ecologists' development of an approach that considers how water is socially and naturally produced stems from the need to understand social challenges related to water quality and quantity (Karpouzoglou and Vij 2017;Swyngedouw 1999). Swyngedouw (1999) in fact argues that nearly all water flow is subjected to human intervention and that all forms of social change need simultaneous understanding of changes in the hydrological process.…”

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West Virginia waterscapes: Surface and mineral owners’ perspectives on groundwater contamination due to natural gas extraction

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List of Figures iv Acknowledgments v Chapter One: Introduction to the research 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Research questions 1.3 Note on terminology Chapter Two: Conceptual framework 2.1 Political ecology 2.2 Waterscapes and hydro-social cycle 2.3 Embodiment and water 2.4 Epistemic authority Chapter Three: Unconventional oil and gas extraction in the United States and West Virginia 3.1 Unconventional development in the United States 3.2 The social dimensions of unconventional oil and gas development 3.2.1 Social science literature on unconventional oil and gas 3.2.2 Water and unconventional extraction Chapter Four: Methodology 4. 1 Epistemology 4.2 Positionality 4.3 Methods 4.3.1 Case Study: West Virginia 4.3.2 Interviews 4.3.3 Member-checking and dissemination 4.3.4 Data Analysis Chapter Five: Household groundwater impacts due to natural gas extraction 5.1 Impacts of water contamination 5.2 Baseline water testing and trust Chapter Six: Discussion 6.1 Embodiment, emotion and uncertainty 6.2 Epistemic authority 6.3 Intersections of embodiment and epistemic authority Chapter Seven: Conclusion References Appendix A: Interview guide for local stakeholders I would first like to thank everyone who participated in this research for welcoming me into your homes and sharing your stories with me. Additionally, I want to thank everyone who supported me during graduate school. Chris, thank you for your support, encouragement, and love the last seven years. Thanks also to my parents and family for their support and love, always. Thank you to my adviser and committee chair Martina Angela Caretta. I appreciate your deep commitment to mentoring and I feel lucky to have had my first graduate experience as your student. I am also grateful to my committee members Karen Culcasi and Cynthia Gorman who have provided constant insights and willingness to push my thinking along. Thank you to my colleagues who are first and foremost my friends. Alanna Higgins, I appreciate your friendship, constant encouragement, and support. Thanks also to Elizabeth Dever for reading this thesis and for accompanying me during fieldwork. Jess Holler, you have also been a constant source of inspiration, knowledge, and support over the years and I hope someday to thank you for that. Lastly, I want to thank the West Virginia Energy Institute for funding this research.

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Waterscape: a perspective for understanding the contested geography of water

Cited by 55 publications

References 27 publications

Hacia Una Conservación Integrada Del Paisaje Biogeocultural De Atacama

Hacia Una Conservación Integrada Del Paisaje Biogeocultural De Atacama

Power interplay between actors in climate change adaptation policy-making in South Asia

West Virginia waterscapes: Surface and mineral owners’ perspectives on groundwater contamination due to natural gas extraction

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