globalchange  > 气候变化事实与影响
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-1413-2014
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84902514357
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Socio-hydrology and the science–policy interface: A case study of the Saskatchewan River basin
作者: Gober P; , Wheater H; S
刊名: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
ISSN: 10275606
出版年: 2014
卷: 18, 期:4
起始页码: 1413
结束页码: 1422
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Climate change ; Hydrology ; Mobile security ; Population statistics ; River pollution ; Water pollution ; Water resources ; Water supply ; Watersheds ; Complex water systems ; Deep uncertainties ; Economic development ; Environmental flow ; Governance mechanisms ; Rapid population growth ; Rapid urbanizations ; Resource development ; Rivers ; environmental assessment ; hydrological modeling ; river basin ; social behavior ; water management ; water supply ; Canada ; Saskatchewan River
英文摘要: While there is a popular perception that Canada is a water-rich country, the Saskatchewan River basin (SRB) in Western Canada exemplifies the multiple threats to water security seen worldwide. It is Canada's major food-producing region and home to globally significant natural resource development. The SRB faces current water challenges stemming from (1) a series of extreme events, including major flood and drought events since the turn of the 21st century, (2) full allocation of existing water resources in parts of the basin, (3) rapid population growth and economic development, (4) increasing pollution, and (5) fragmented and overlapping governance that includes the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, various Federal and First Nations responsibilities, and international boundaries. The interplay of these factors has increased competition for water across economic sectors and among provinces, between upstream and downstream users, between environmental flows and human needs, and among people who hold different values about the meaning, ownership, and use of water. These current challenges are set in a context of significant environmental and societal change, including widespread land modification, rapid urbanization, resource exploitation, climate warming, and deep uncertainties about future water supplies. We use Sivapalan et al.'s (2012) framework of socio-hydrology to argue that the SRB's water security challenges are symptoms of dynamic and complex water systems approaching critical thresholds and tipping points. To Sivapalan et al.'s (2012) emphasis on water cycle dynamics, we add the need for governance mechanisms to manage emergent systems and translational science to link science and policy to the socio-hydrology agenda. © Author(s) 2014.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/78271
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作者单位: Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan, 101 Diefenbaker Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; Research Scientist, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States; Canada Excellence Research Chr, Global Institute for Water Security, National Hydrology Research Centre, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

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Gober P,, Wheater H,S. Socio-hydrology and the science–policy interface: A case study of the Saskatchewan River basin[J]. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,2014-01-01,18(4)
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