Towards systematic planning of small-scale hydrological intervention-based research
Many small-scale water development initiatives are accompanied by hydrological research to study either the form of the intervention or its impacts. Humans influence both the development of intervention and research, and thus one needs to take human agency into account. This paper focuses on the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/20/4093/2016/hess-20-4093-2016.pdf |
| Summary: | Many small-scale water development initiatives are accompanied by
hydrological research to study either the form of the intervention or its
impacts. Humans influence both the development of intervention and research,
and thus one needs to take human agency into account. This paper focuses on
the effects of human actions in the development of the intervention and its
associated hydrological research, as hydrological research is often designed
without adequate consideration of how to account for human agency and that
these effects have not yet been discussed explicitly in a systematic way. In
this paper, we propose a systematic planning for hydrological research, based
on evaluating three hydrological research efforts targeting small-scale water
development initiatives in Vietnam, Kenya, and Indonesia. The main purpose of
the three cases was to understand the functioning of interventions in their
hydrological contexts. Aiming for better decision-making on hydrological
research in small-scale water intervention initiatives, we propose two
analysis steps, including (1) consideration of possible surprises and
possible actions and (2) cost–benefit analysis. By performing the two
analyses continuously throughout small-scale hydrological
intervention-based initiatives, effective hydrological research can be
achieved. |
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| ISSN: | 1027-5606 1607-7938 |