Understanding and enhancing climate information use in water management
Understanding and enhancing climate information use in water management
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了解和加强气候信息在水管理中的使用
DOI：
10.1007/s10584-013-0703-x
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发表时间：
2013
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影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
C. Kirchhoff
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作者：
C. Kirchhoff
本文通过定量测量交互研究模型内部和外部的可用性，扩展了我们对水资源管理者气候信息(CI)使用的理解，以及交互研究努力在改善使用方面的有效性。使用混合方法(即访谈和调查)，收集了五个州和数百个水资源管理者的数据，以了解两个地区综合科学与评估(RISA)的科学家采用互动方法产生CI的情况，以及相应RISA区域的水资源管理者使用这些信息的情况。这项研究发现，RISA在三个重要方面是有效的：第一，共同产生有用的信息，并在RISA客户中实现高信息使用率；第二，克服因对CI的可用性和可靠性的负面看法而导致的信息使用障碍；最后，在促进创新方面。RISA信息的使用取决于科学家与客户之间的持续互动，并取决于用户的意愿和能力，使RISA在接触到最大、最有能力的用户方面最有效。这些用户和那些使用来自其他来源的CI的用户这样做是为了管理风险。这项研究提出了加强RISA CI吸收的领域：将RISA构建为联合体，培养与知识经纪人的关系并利用现有的知识网络，以及增加公共教育和外联。除了互动研究模型之外，研究结果表明，通过建设水系统长期水规划的能力，以及加强公众科学公民意识和气候知识，可以加强传播和信息的吸收。
This paper expands our understanding of water manager's climate information (CI) use and of the effectiveness of interactive research efforts in improving use by quantitatively measuring usability both within and outside the interactive research model. Using a mixed method approach (i.e., interviews and surveys), data was collected across five states and hundreds of water managers to understand the production of CI by scientists at two Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISAs) employing an interactive approach and the use of that information by water managers in the corresponding RISA regions. This study finds that RISAs are effective in three important ways: first, in co-producing usable information and achieving a high rate of information use among RISA clients; second, in overcoming barriers to information use arising from negative perceptions about the usability and reliability of CI; and, finally, in fostering innovation. RISA information use is contingent on sustained scientist-client interaction and is enabled by users' willingness and capacity making RISAs most effective in reaching the largest, most capable users. These users and those who use CI from other sources do so as a strategy to manage risk. This research suggests areas for enhancing RISA CI uptake: structuring RISAs as consortia, cultivating relationships with knowledge brokers and capitalizing on existing knowledge networks, and increasing public education and outreach. Beyond the interactive research models, findings suggest CI uptake may be enhanced by building capabilities for long-term water planning at water systems and bolstering public science citizenship and climate literacy.