Towards joint consideration of adaptive capacity and water security: lessons from the arid Americas.

Autores

Kirchhoff, C.J., Lara-Valencia, F., Brugger, J., Mussetta, P. and Pineda-Pablos, N.

Publicado en

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, v. 21:22-28

Año de publicación

2016

Afiliaciones


•Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, 261 Glenbrook Road, Unit 3037, Storrs, CT 06269-3037, USA
•School of Transborder Studies, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, PO Box 875302, Tempe, AZ 85287-5302, USA
•Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona, ENR2 Building, 1064 E. Lowell Street, Room N582, PO Box 210137, Tucson, AZ 85721-0137, USA
•Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales, INCIHUSA &ndash CCT CONICET Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina El Colegio de Sonora, Avenida Obregón #54 Col. Centro, C.P. 83000 Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Programa

CRN3

Proyecto

CRN3056

Keywords

water security, Adaptive Capacity, water

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2016.10.003
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Resumen

Freshwater resources face enormous pressures to meet human and ecosystem needs in a changing climate. These pressures brought concern for rising water insecurity high on global agendas and, renewed interest in improving water security. This review traces the recent evolution of these efforts including the challenges faced in attempts to enhance water security. In addition, this paper adds a new dimension to water security by proposing a theoretical model that jointly considers interdependencies between water security, adaptive capacity, and adaptive water management. Finally, the review illustrates and critically evaluates these interdependencies using three case studies from the US, Mexico and Argentina, and ends with suggestions for future research.

Highlights

•Both adaptive capacity and adaptive water management are necessary for water security.
•Crises and transformative adaptive capacity help reshape water management.
•Insufficient or unequal local adaptive capacity challenge gains in water security.
•Water security measures must assess adaptive capacity and adaptive water management.
•Capacity and water security building efforts should not trade-off the disadvantaged.