Can enhanced information systems and citizen science improve groundwater governance? Lessons from Morocco, Portugal and Spain

Sanchis-Ibor Carles, Bouzidi Zhour, Varanda Marta Pedro, López-Pérez Esther, Rinaudo Jean-Daniel, Nieto-Romero Marta, García-Mollá Marta, Faysse Nicolas, Rubio-Martín Adrià, Kchikech Zakia, Nejjari Abdelouahab, López-Gunn Elena, Boubekri Fatima Zahrae, Pulido-Velazquez Manuel. 2024. Can enhanced information systems and citizen science improve groundwater governance? Lessons from Morocco, Portugal and Spain. Water, 16 (19):2800, 12 p.

Résumé : New information and communication technologies have a significant potential to increase the transparency of aquifer management and improve groundwater governance. This research experiments the introduction of a mobile application that allows users to transfer and share information about their groundwater extractions and receive agroclimatic information and groundwater data. It takes place in three different aquifers in Morocco, Portugal, and Spain, each with varied institutional frameworks. This research tests and evaluates the potential of enhanced information systems and citizen science applied to groundwater management and aims to identify some factors that facilitate or hinder their adoption and implementation. To do this, the researchers developed a 4-year plan based on surveys, semi-structured interviews, meetings, participatory workshops, and public round tables with local actors. The main lesson learned from the comparative analysis of these three experiences is that the use of enhanced information systems is more positively perceived, accepted, and adopted when an appropriate social and institutional framework exists and that the more consolidated this framework is, the easier they will be to implement and develop enhanced information systems.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : eau souterraine, gouvernance, gestion des eaux, système d'information, adoption de l'innovation, aquifère

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Maroc, Portugal, Espagne

Agences de financement européennes : European Commission

Programme de financement européen : H2020

Projets sur financement : (ESP) Citizen science and ICT-based enhanced information systems for groundwater assessment, modelling and sustainable participatory management

Auteurs et affiliations

• Sanchis-Ibor Carles, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (ESP) - auteur correspondant
• Bouzidi Zhour, UMI (MAR)
• Varanda Marta Pedro, University of Lisbon (PRT)
• López-Pérez Esther, UPV (ESP)
• Rinaudo Jean-Daniel, BRGM (FRA)
• Nieto-Romero Marta, University of Lisbon (PRT)
• García-Mollá Marta, UPV (ESP)
• Faysse Nicolas, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (TUN)
• Rubio-Martín Adrià, UPV (ESP)
• Kchikech Zakia, UMI (MAR)
• Nejjari Abdelouahab, UMI (MAR)
• López-Gunn Elena, ICATALIST (ESP)
• Boubekri Fatima Zahrae, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (FRA)
• Pulido-Velazquez Manuel, UPV (ESP)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/612118/)

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