DOI: 10.5194/hess-22-317-2018
论文题名: An alternative approach for socio-hydrology: Case study research
作者: Mostert E.
刊名: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
ISSN: 1027-5606
出版年: 2018
卷: 22, 期: 1 起始页码: 317
结束页码: 329
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Water resources
; Case study research
; Interdisciplinary cooperations
; Limited attentions
; Potential benefits
; Protection and restoration
; Qualitative case studies
; Technical development
; Water resources development
; Hydrology
; human activity
; hydrology
; interdisciplinary approach
; numerical model
; water management
; water resource
; Belgium
; Dommel Basin
; Florida [United States]
; Kissimmee Basin
; Netherlands
; United States
英文摘要: Currently the most popular approach in socio hydrology is to develop coupled human–water models. This article proposes an alternative approach, qualitative case study research, involving a systematic review of (1) the human activities affecting the hydrology in the case, (2) the main human actors, and (3) the main factors influencing the actors and their activities. Moreover, this article presents a case study of the Dommel Basin in Belgium and the Netherlands, and compares this with a coupled model of the Kissimmee Basin in Florida. In both basins a “pendulum swing” from water resources development and control to protection and restoration can be observed. The Dommel case study moreover points to the importance of institutional and financial arrangements, community values, and broader social, economic, and technical developments. These factors are missing from the Kissimmee model. Generally, case studies can result in a more complete understanding of individual cases than coupled models, and if the cases are selected carefully and compared with previous studies, it is possible to generalize on the basis of them. Case studies also offer more levers for management and facilitate interdisciplinary cooperation. Coupled models, on the other hand, can be used to generate possible explanations of past developments and quantitative scenarios for future developments. The article concludes that, given the limited attention they currently get and their potential benefits, case studies deserve more attention in sociohydrology. © Author(s) 2018.
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资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/163344
Appears in Collections: 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: Mostert, E., Department Water Management, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, Delft, 2628 CN, Netherlands
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Mostert E.. An alternative approach for socio-hydrology: Case study research[J]. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,2018-01-01,22(1)