Changing Flows: Sociotechnical Tinkering for Adaptive Water Management.
The Western United States is experiencing historic drought, increasing pressure on water management systems. Agricultural production that relies on surface water flows is therefore imperiled, requiring new innovations and partnerships in order to adapt and survive. In Arizona, some agriculture conti...
| Publicado en: | Environmental Management Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 421 - 432 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Feb2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=161655313&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 161655313 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0364152X O5H jtl: Environmental Management issn: 0364152X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2023 vid: 71 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 161655313 160142204 10.1007/s00267-022-01744-2 161655313 ppf: 421 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Changing Flows: Sociotechnical Tinkering for Adaptive Water Management. aug: au: Quimby, Barbara Nichols, Claire M. du Bray, Margaret V. Cantor, Alida Bausch, Julia C. Wutich, Amber Williams, Clinton Porter, Sarah Eaton, Weston M. Brasier, Kathryn affil: Department of Natural Science, Hawai'i Pacific University, Kaneohe, HI, USA sug: ab: The Western United States is experiencing historic drought, increasing pressure on water management systems. Agricultural production that relies on surface water flows is therefore imperiled, requiring new innovations and partnerships in order to adapt and survive. In Arizona, some agriculture continues to rely on historic, low-tech irrigation infrastructure such as hand-dug open ditches that divert river water to flood fields. These ditch systems are managed through both formal ditch companies and informal associations. To address changing water availability and needs, ditch users regularly "tinker" with water infrastructure, experimenting and making changes beyond the original infrastructure plans. Such changes are informed and driven by local social relationships and realities of the physical infrastructure. These dynamics are critical to understanding the adaptive capacity and flexibility of the water system; however, they are challenging to recognize and record. In this paper, we apply the emerging conceptualization of sociotechnical tinkering to examine the adaptive management of irrigation ditches in the Verde Valley of Arizona. We find evidence that water users frequently tinker with their water delivery and monitoring infrastructure to respond to and anticipate changes in water availability. Viewed through the lens of sociotechnical tinkering, these interactions are understood as the material manifestations of situated practice and actor agency within a water management system. This case study contributes to literature on adaptive environmental management and the hydrosocial cycle. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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