International Collaborations and Incorporating the Social Sciences in Research in Hydrology and Hydrologic Engineering
International Collaborations and Incorporating the Social Sciences in Research in Hydrology and Hydrologic Engineering
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水文与水文工程研究的国际合作与社会科学的结合
DOI：
10.1061/(asce)1084-0699(2008)13:1(13
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
M. Boukari
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作者：
S. Silliman;C. Hamlin;Pamela E. Crane;M. Boukari
我们探讨地下水研究界需要在涉及社会科学和人文科学的同事的地下水资源跨学科研究中发挥领导作用。讨论的基础上认识到，在地下水水文学的技术研究已经产生了巨大的收益，在我们的地下水系统的流动和运输的理解，并在生活水平，环境保护和地下水系统的修复方面产生了巨大的利益。然而，有人认为，仅仅考虑技术方面已证明不足以解决涉及地下水资源开发/管理的一些重大的、未得到满足的需求。这些论点是通过回顾水文科学的历史、其他学科对水与人类相互作用的观察以及对西非贝宁水文需求经验的观察来考虑的。我们的结论是，跨学科的努力将提供具有挑战性和令人兴奋的新的研究领域，水文地质学家和我们的同事从社会科学和人文科学，同时提高可持续性和生活水平。
We explore the need for the groundwater research community to take a leadership role in interdisciplinary studies of groundwater resources involving colleagues in the social sciences and humanities. The discussion is founded on recognition that technical research in groundwater hydrology has produced dramatic gains in our understanding of flow and transport in groundwater systems and has resulted in substantial benefit in terms of standard of living, protection of the environment, and remediation of groundwater systems. It is argued, however, that consideration solely of the technical aspects has proved inadequate to address some significant, unmet needs involving the development/management of groundwater resources. These arguments are considered through review of the history of the hydrologic sciences, observations on the interaction of water and humanity from other disciplines, and observations from experience of hydrologic needs in Benin, West Africa. We conclude that interdisciplinary efforts will provide challenging and exciting new areas of research for hydrogeologists and our colleagues from the social sciences and humanities, while simultaneously enhancing sustainability and standards of living.