Abstract
McGuire, S. A., and T. J. Ehlinger. 2018. Analysis of social-ecological dynamics driving conflict in linked surface-groundwater systems. Ecology and Society 23(4):19. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10510-230419
Highlights
With competing demands on water resources in the face of growing populations and climate change, the need for developing governance frameworks that can identify feedbacks and engage communities to continue the delivery of ecosystem goods and services is increasing (Rockström et al 2014)
Using the Lake Beulah watershed as the focal scale, we examined the dynamics present that crossed scales and domains resulting in conflict over linked surface-groundwater (LSGW) resources
An adaptive governance lens, applied to the Lake Beulah socialecological system, identified core dynamics that played a significant role in the emergence of conflict over LSGW resources
Summary
With competing demands on water resources in the face of growing populations and climate change, the need for developing governance frameworks that can identify feedbacks and engage communities to continue the delivery of ecosystem goods and services is increasing (Rockström et al 2014). Our understanding of the relationships between surface and groundwater has advanced considerably, laws and regulations continue to address each of them as separate, independent systems (Sophocleous 2002, Shaw et al 2013). A key aspect of this theory is that it views natural resource problems as multiscalar in nature, and that cross-scale interactions provide opportunities for adaptive governance to emerge (Chaffin and Gunderson 2016). In their 2014 review of the literature, Chaffin et al define adaptive governance as “a range of interactions between actors, networks, organizations, and institutions emerging in pursuit of a desired state for social-ecological systems.”. In their 2014 review of the literature, Chaffin et al define adaptive governance as “a range of interactions between actors, networks, organizations, and institutions emerging in pursuit of a desired state for social-ecological systems.” Communities of practice are cited as operationalizing adaptive governance when they utilize networks for collaboration and learning, build social capital across diverse groups of stakeholders, and share decision making power across scales of resource management (Huitema et al 2009)
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