Do ecosystem insecurity and social vulnerability lead to failure of water security?

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dc.contributor.authorScott, Christopher A.
dc.contributor.authorZilio, Mariana I.
dc.contributor.authorHarmon, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorZuniga-Teran, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorDiaz-Caravantes, Rolando
dc.contributor.authorHoyos, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorPerillo, Gerardo M. E.
dc.contributor.authorMeza, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorVarady, Robert G.
dc.contributor.authorNeto, Alfredo Ribeiro
dc.contributor.authorVelez, Maria Isabel
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Facundo
dc.contributor.authorEscobar, Jaime
dc.contributor.authorPiccolo, M. Cintia
dc.contributor.authorMussetta, Paula
dc.contributor.authorMontenegro, Suzana
dc.contributor.authorRusak, James A.
dc.contributor.authorPineda, Nicolas
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T23:51:52Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T23:51:52Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractAchieving water security for humans and ecosystems is a pervasive challenge globally. Extensive areas of the Americas are at significant risk of water insecurity, resulting from global-change processes coupled with regional and local impacts. Drought, flooding, and water quality challenges pose significant threats, while at the same time, rapid urban expansion, competing water demands, river modifications, and expanding global markets for water-intensive agricultural products drive water insecurity. This paper takes a social-ecological systems perspective, aiming to identify examples and pathways towards resilient ecosystems and social development. It draws on lessons from two science-policy network projects, one focusing on water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions of Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Mexico and the United States; and the second addressing river and lake basins as sentinels of climate variability and human effects on water quantity and quality in Canada, the United States, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay and Chile. Together, these `complementary contrasts' provide an analytical basis to empirically examine stakeholder engagement, knowledge co-production and science-policy interaction supporting decision-making to achieve water security. The paper identifies four tenets for decision-making based on water-security-focused global-change science in the Americas: 1) Decision makers should focus on protecting ecosystems because water security (along with food and energy security) depend on them; 2) Water-use and allocation decisions ought to be made considering future environmental and societal vulnerabilities, especially climate projections; 3) Holistic approaches (at basin or other appropriate levels) are best suited to ensure social-ecological system resilience and reduce vulnerability; and 4) It is essential to support local/traditional livelihoods, and underserved populations to achieve equitable water security and ecosystem resilience.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.envdev.2020.100606
dc.identifier.eissn2211-4653
dc.identifier.issn2211-4645
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2020.100606
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/94869
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000637809900008
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaEnvironmental development
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectRiver basins
dc.subjectWater security
dc.subjectSocial vulnerability
dc.subjectDecision-making
dc.subjectEcosystem resilience
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.ods06 Clean Water and Sanitation
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.subject.odspa06 Agua limpia y saneamiento
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.titleDo ecosystem insecurity and social vulnerability lead to failure of water security?
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen38
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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