Climate adaptive water policy in Australia’s Murray Darling basin: soft options or hard commitments?

IF 3.6 2区社会学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecology and Society Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI:10.5751/es-14578-290101

Nadeem Samnakay, Jason Alexandra, Carina A. Wyborn, Isobel Bender

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Adapting to climate change is a pressing societal imperative. Here, we examine water governance arrangements in Australia’s Murray-Darling basin, evaluating their attributes and adequacy for fostering climate adaptation. We synthesize data from expert interviews and review water and climate policies, analyzing their framing, logic, and dominant discourses. Our analysis indicates that prescriptive top-down planning and administratively rational approaches constrain Australia’s climate adaptation. Current governance regimes inhibit innovation due to dominant governance approaches that are centralist and managerial, reinforcing the status quo and privileging irrigation-based economies. In the Murray-Darling basin, reforms to policy settings and institutional arrangements are needed to mobilize industries and communities in exploring alternative water futures that support transformations. We offer two contrasting archetypes for climate-adaptive water policy based on foundationally different assumptions about what drives climate vulnerability and builds adaptive capacities.

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澳大利亚墨累达令流域的气候适应性水政策：软选择还是硬承诺？

适应气候变化是社会的当务之急。在此，我们研究了澳大利亚墨累-达令流域的水治理安排，评估了其属性以及是否足以促进气候适应。我们综合了专家访谈的数据，回顾了水和气候政策，分析了它们的框架、逻辑和主流论述。我们的分析表明，自上而下的规范性规划和行政理性方法制约了澳大利亚的气候适应。当前的管理体制抑制了创新，因为其主导性的管理方法是集权主义和管理主义的，它强化了现状并赋予了以灌溉为基础的经济以特权。在墨累-达令流域，需要对政策设置和制度安排进行改革，以动员各行业和社区探索支持转型的其他水资源未来。澳大利亚墨累达令流域的气候适应性水政策：软选择还是硬承诺？此文首发于《生态与社会》。

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Ecology and Society 环境科学-生态学

CiteScore

6.20

自引率

4.90%

发文量

109

审稿时长

3 months

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