气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Drought in urban water systems: Learning lessons for climate adaptive capacity

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DOI	10.1016/j.crm.2018.11.001
	Drought in urban water systems: Learning lessons for climate adaptive capacity
	Dilling L.; Daly M.E.; Kenney D.A.; Klein R.; Miller K.; Ray A.J.; Travis W.R.; Wilhelmi O.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	2212-0963
起始页码	1663
结束页码	1679
卷号	23
英文摘要	In this paper we examine current policies to combat drought in urban areas in the United States to illuminate lessons learned for building climate adaptive capacity. We conducted interviews with practitioners involved in drought management at urban water utilities across the U.S. to understand: 1) both short- and long-term actions taken in response to drought; 2) perceptions of what constitutes an ‘effective’ drought response and whether and how this was measured; and 3) limitations to drought response. We apply criteria from a theoretical framing of adaptive capacity and then ‘reason by analogy’ to understand how adaptive capacity may be built or constrained in the future by such responses, including how future actions may be otherwise limited by political, social, physical and other factors. We find that drought responses overall are seen as successful in reducing water demand and helping to maintain system reliability, but can also reduce flexibility and introduce other limitations. Public perception, the multi-purpose nature of water, revenue structures, expectations and other social factors play a dominant role in constraining drought response options. We also find that some urban water utilities face challenges in measuring the effectiveness of demand reduction strategies because it can be difficult to attribute water savings, especially those related to outdoor water use. The limitations in drought policies experienced by urban utilities offer important lessons for the ability of systems to innovate toward more sustainable water systems for the future. © 2018 The Authors
英文关键词	Conservation; Fairness; Flexibility; Local; Policy; Public acceptance
来源期刊	Climate Risk Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/183228
作者单位	Environmental Studies Program and Western Water Assessment, UCB 397, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, United States; Department of Environmental Studies, University of New England, 11 Hills Beach Road, Biddeford, ME 04005, United States; Western Water Policy Program, UCB 401, University of Colorado BoulderCO 80309-0401, United States; Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, UCB 0488, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, United States; Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 3090 Center Green Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, United States; NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, United States; Department of Geography and Western Water Assessment, UCB 260, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dilling L.,Daly M.E.,Kenney D.A.,et al. Drought in urban water systems: Learning lessons for climate adaptive capacity[J],2019,23.
APA	Dilling L..,Daly M.E..,Kenney D.A..,Klein R..,Miller K..,...&Wilhelmi O..(2019).Drought in urban water systems: Learning lessons for climate adaptive capacity.Climate Risk Management,23.
MLA	Dilling L.,et al."Drought in urban water systems: Learning lessons for climate adaptive capacity".Climate Risk Management 23(2019).