Problemscapes and hybrid water security systems in Central Ethiopia
Water management has followed a basin unit paradigm for several decades. This framing often inherits a pre-defined spatial and institutional boundary of analysis, one that largely fails to account for various externalities influencing water security beyond the hydrological unit. Moving away from thi...
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| author | Polaine, X. K. Nicol, Alan Amezaga, J. Berihun, Mulatu L. Dessalegn, Mengistu Haile, Alemseged Tamiru |
| author_browse | Amezaga, J. Berihun, Mulatu L. Dessalegn, Mengistu Haile, Alemseged Tamiru Nicol, Alan Polaine, X. K. |
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| description | Water management has followed a basin unit paradigm for several decades. This framing often inherits a pre-defined spatial and institutional boundary of analysis, one that largely fails to account for various externalities influencing water security beyond the hydrological unit. Moving away from this established basin-scale analysis, we present the concept of problemscapes, a systems approach for understanding how multiple physical and social drivers surrounding (and as part of) contextual water systems determine how they work and, ultimately, the outcomes in terms of the water security they provide. By first discussing the concept of boundaries for water paradigms, we argue that problemscapes can help us understand water security as a more dynamic and hybrid system by adapting these boundaries; enabling a clearer understanding of leverage points, interconnections and possible strategic solutions to longer-term water security challenges. We apply the method for establishing and utilizing a problemscape analysis across the Central Rift Valley, Upper Awash, and Abbay basins, as well as the capital city of Addis Ababa. The interactions in this part of Central Ethiopia are notoriously complex, with sets of critical water management issues at national and international scale, hybrid water security challenges across user communities, and contested management at different scales amidst multiple, and sometimes competing, ideologies. We show that problemscaping as an approach could support future planning decisions for long-term water security by enabling a systems perspective to emerge where complexity and connectivity between actors, institutions, and physical and social entities is considered. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1264062025-12-08T10:29:22Z Problemscapes and hybrid water security systems in Central Ethiopia Polaine, X. K. Nicol, Alan Amezaga, J. Berihun, Mulatu L. Dessalegn, Mengistu Haile, Alemseged Tamiru water security water resources water management urbanization agriculture land use change Water management has followed a basin unit paradigm for several decades. This framing often inherits a pre-defined spatial and institutional boundary of analysis, one that largely fails to account for various externalities influencing water security beyond the hydrological unit. Moving away from this established basin-scale analysis, we present the concept of problemscapes, a systems approach for understanding how multiple physical and social drivers surrounding (and as part of) contextual water systems determine how they work and, ultimately, the outcomes in terms of the water security they provide. By first discussing the concept of boundaries for water paradigms, we argue that problemscapes can help us understand water security as a more dynamic and hybrid system by adapting these boundaries; enabling a clearer understanding of leverage points, interconnections and possible strategic solutions to longer-term water security challenges. We apply the method for establishing and utilizing a problemscape analysis across the Central Rift Valley, Upper Awash, and Abbay basins, as well as the capital city of Addis Ababa. The interactions in this part of Central Ethiopia are notoriously complex, with sets of critical water management issues at national and international scale, hybrid water security challenges across user communities, and contested management at different scales amidst multiple, and sometimes competing, ideologies. We show that problemscaping as an approach could support future planning decisions for long-term water security by enabling a systems perspective to emerge where complexity and connectivity between actors, institutions, and physical and social entities is considered. 2022-07-14 2022-12-31T22:27:17Z 2022-12-31T22:27:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126406 en Open Access Frontiers Media Polaine, X. K.; Nicol, Alan; Amezaga, J.; Berihun, M.; Dessalegn, Mengistu; Haile, Alemseged Tamiru. 2022. Problemscapes and hybrid water security systems in Central Ethiopia. Frontiers in Water, 4:800926. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.800926] |
| spellingShingle | water security water resources water management urbanization agriculture land use change Polaine, X. K. Nicol, Alan Amezaga, J. Berihun, Mulatu L. Dessalegn, Mengistu Haile, Alemseged Tamiru Problemscapes and hybrid water security systems in Central Ethiopia |
| title | Problemscapes and hybrid water security systems in Central Ethiopia |
| title_full | Problemscapes and hybrid water security systems in Central Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Problemscapes and hybrid water security systems in Central Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Problemscapes and hybrid water security systems in Central Ethiopia |
| title_short | Problemscapes and hybrid water security systems in Central Ethiopia |
| title_sort | problemscapes and hybrid water security systems in central ethiopia |
| topic | water security water resources water management urbanization agriculture land use change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126406 |
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