Who Are we Measuring and Modeling for? Supporting Multilevel Decision-Making in Watershed Management

Autor(es)

Bremer, Leah L. ^{[1, 2]} ; Hamel, Perrine ^[3] ; Ponette-Gonzalez, Alexandra G. ^[4] ; Pompeu, Patricia V. ^{[5, 6]} ; Saad, Sandra I. ^[7] ; Brauman, Kate A. ^[8]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Hawaii Manoa, Univ Hawaii, Econ Res Org, Honolulu, HI 96822 - USA

^[2] Univ Hawaii Manoa, Univ Hawaii, Water Resources Res Ctr, Honolulu, HI 96822 - USA

^[3] Stanford Woods Inst Environm, Nat Capital Project, Stanford, CA - USA

^[4] Univ North Texas, Dept Geog & Environm, Denton, TX 76203 - USA

^[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Atmospher Sci, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[6] Univ Estadual Mato Grosso do Sul, Unit Aquidauana, Aquidauana - Brazil

^[7] Univ Fed Campina Grande, Dept Atmospher Sci, Campina Grande, Paraiba - Brazil

^[8] Univ Minnesota, Inst Environm, St Paul, MN 55108 - USA

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH; v. 56, n. 1 JAN 2020.
• Citações Web of Science: 10

Resumo

As watershed management programs have become more common globally, so have efforts to support these initiatives through hydrologic modeling and monitoring. However, these efforts are often guided by oversimplified assumptions of how management programs work and the quantity, quality, and type of information needed to support their planning, implementation, and evaluation. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups with project managers, funders, and participants in three watershed management programs in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil revealed a range of hydrologic modeling and monitoring needs of watershed management programs. We identify five opportunities for hydrologic information to support overlapping management contexts: (1) inspire action and support, (2) inform investment decisions, (3) engage with potential participants, (4) prioritize location and types of activities at regional to national scales, and (5) evaluate program success. Within these opportunities, understanding who will use the information generated and how they will do so is critical to increasing the salience, credibility, and legitimacy of modeling efforts. Hydrologic modeling and monitoring play a small but critical role in the larger context of program conceptualization, design, implementation, and evaluation; grounding these efforts in local contexts supports watershed management projects in relevant and effective ways. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/13677-7 - Um estudo hidrometeorológico de aperfeiçoamento da avaliação do impacto das mudanças do clima em florestas nebulares da América do Sul
• Beneficiário: Patrícia Vieira Pompeu
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado