Dialogic science-policy networks for water security governance in the arid Americas.

Autor: Lutz-Ley AN; El Colegio de Sonora, Mexico., Scott CA; Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA.; School of Geography, Development & Environment, University of Arizona, USA., Wilder M; School of Geography, Development & Environment, University of Arizona, USA.; Center for Latin American Studies, University of Arizona, USA., Varady RG; Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA., Ocampo-Melgar A; Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Conservación de la Naturaleza, Universidad de Chile, Chile., Lara-Valencia F; School of Transborder Studies, Arizona State University, USA., Zuniga-Teran AA; Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA.; School of Landscape Architecture and Planning, University of Arizona, USA., Buechler S; Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA.; School of Geography, Development & Environment, University of Arizona, USA., Díaz-Caravantes R; El Colegio de Sonora, Mexico., Ribeiro Neto A; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil., Pineda-Pablos N; El Colegio de Sonora, Mexico., Martín F; Centro Científico Tecnológico CONICET-Mendoza, Argentina.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental development [Environ Dev] 2020 Sep 10, pp. 100568. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 10.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2020.100568
Abstrakt: Addressing wicked problems challenging water security requires participation from multiple stakeholders, often with conflicting visions, complicating the attainment of water-security goals and heightening the need for integrative and effective science-policy interfaces. Sustained multi-stakeholder dialogues within science-policy networks can improve adaptive governance and water system resilience. This paper describes what we define as "dialogic science-policy networks," or interactions -- both in structural and procedural terms -- between scientists and policy-makers that are: 1) interdisciplinary, 2) international (here, inter-American), 3) cross-sectoral, 4) open, 5) continual and iterative in the long-term, and 6) flexible. By fostering these types of interactions, dialogic networks achieve what we call the 4-I criteria for effective science-policy dialogues: inclusivity, involvement, interaction, and influence. Here we present several water-security research and action projects where some of these attributes may be present. Among these, a more comprehensive form of a dialogic network was intentionally created via AQUASEC, a virtual center and network initially fostered by a series of grants from the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Subsequently, AQUASEC has significantly expanded to other regions through direct linkages and additional program support for the International Water Security Network, supported by Lloyd's Register Foundation and other sources. This paper highlights major scientific and policy achievements of a notable suite of science-policy networks, shared practices, methods, and knowledge integrating science and policy, as well as the main barriers overcome in network development. An important gap that remains for future research is the assessment and evaluation of dialogic science-policy networks' long-term outcomes.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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