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Doctoral Dissertation Research: Social-Environmental Feedbacks Between the Use and Governance of Water and Soil in Dryland Irrigation Megaprojects

博士论文研究：旱地灌溉大型项目中水土利用与治理之间的社会环境反馈

基本信息

批准号：
1838402
负责人：
Karl Zimmerer
金额：
$ 1.8万
依托单位：
Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-03-15 至 2021-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1838402&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Research Social Environmental

项目摘要

This Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement project will examine dryland irrigation megaprojects and related changes in the use and governance of water and irrigated land. Irrigation megaprojects in arid landscapes feature prominently in agricultural development worldwide. Planning and policy entities often focus on the economic benefits of irrigation water for farmers. However, irrigated soils are often central to ecological and social conflicts that follow the construction of irrigation districts. Such conflicts include reduced soil quality, water contamination via agricultural runoff, and displacement of regional farmers by investors' large land acquisitions. Therefore, this research will investigate the social and ecological effects of irrigation megaprojects and the related governing policies and practices of irrigation water and soils. This research will contribute to scholarly and policy considerations of social-environmental feedbacks in governance. The broader impacts of this project will (1) work toward improved irrigation infrastructure development, (2) strengthen management of irrigated land to ensure increased sustainability of soil and water resources, and (3) encourage policy that ensures more equitable access to irrigated land. During this research diverse university students will receive training in mixed methods research. This Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement award will provide support to enable a promising student to establish an independent research career. This dissertation investigates the interactions and feedbacks between irrigation megaprojects, soil management practices, and soil and water governance. Scholarship of environmental governance related to irrigation has focused on issues of water access and control. While important, more scholarly attention must examine the centrality of soils within irrigation megaprojects. The coupling of and tensions between water and soil use and governance require detailed empirical examination that leverages key literatures within geography and the spatial sciences, particularly environmental governance, coupled human-environment systems, and feminist political ecology. Three questions guide this research: (1) How does access to water from irrigation megaprojects shape soil management practices, specifically crop selection, crop rotations, and applications of agrochemicals? (2) How do social and environmental stressors inform soil management practices? (3) How do social and environmental stressors feedback into environmental governance? This research employs a mixed methods approach including change detection analysis, environmental archival research, participant observation, a survey, farm transect walks, and semi-structured interviews with farmers, irrigation managers, and government officials. This research project will provide new insights regarding sustainable and equitable approaches to irrigation development and governance in dryland areas in Colombia and elsewhere, including the United States.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

本博士论文研究改进项目将研究旱地灌溉大型项目以及水和灌溉土地利用和治理的相关变化。干旱地区的大型灌溉项目在全球农业发展中占有重要地位。规划和政策实体往往把重点放在灌溉用水对农民的经济效益上。然而，灌溉土壤往往是灌区建设后生态和社会冲突的中心问题。这些冲突包括土壤质量下降、农业径流造成的水污染，以及投资者大规模征地导致地区农民流离失所。因此，本研究将探讨大型灌溉工程的社会和生态效应以及相关的灌溉用水和土壤治理政策和实践。本研究将有助于对治理中社会环境反馈的学术和政策考虑。本项目的更广泛影响将：(1)改善灌溉基础设施的发展；(2)加强灌溉土地的管理，以确保土壤和水资源的可持续性；(3)鼓励制定政策，确保更公平地获得灌溉土地。在这项研究中，不同的大学生将接受混合方法研究的培训。这个博士论文研究改进奖将提供支持，使有前途的学生建立一个独立的研究生涯。本文研究了大型灌溉工程、土壤管理实践和水土治理之间的相互作用和反馈。与灌溉有关的环境治理的学术研究集中在水的获取和控制问题上。虽然重要，但更多的学术关注必须检查土壤在灌溉大型项目中的中心地位。水土利用与治理之间的耦合和紧张关系需要详细的实证研究，利用地理和空间科学领域的关键文献，特别是环境治理、人-环境耦合系统和女权主义政治生态学。三个问题指导了这项研究：(1)从大型灌溉项目中获取水资源如何影响土壤管理实践，特别是作物选择、作物轮作和农用化学品的应用？(2)社会和环境压力因素如何影响土壤管理实践？(3)社会和环境压力源如何反馈到环境治理中？本研究采用混合方法，包括变化检测分析、环境档案研究、参与观察、调查、农场样带漫步，以及对农民、灌溉管理者和政府官员的半结构化访谈。该研究项目将为哥伦比亚和包括美国在内的其他地区旱地灌溉发展和治理的可持续和公平方法提供新的见解。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。