Transformations to groundwater sustainability: From individuals and pumps to communities and aquifers

Zwarteveen Margreet, Kuper Marcel, Olmos-Herrera Cristian, Dajani Muna, Kemerink-Seyoum Jeltsje, Frances Cleaver, Beckett Linnea, Lu Flora, Kulkarni Seema, Kulkarni Himanshu, Aslekar Uma, Börjeson Lowe, Verzijl Andres, Dominguez Guzmán Carolina, Teresa Oré Maria, Leonardelli Irene, Bossenbroek Lisa, Ftouhi Hind, Chitata Tavengwa, Hartani Tarik, Saidani Mohamed Amine, Johnson Michelaina, Peterson Aysha, Bhat Sneha, Bhopal Sachin, Kadiri Zakaria, Deshmukh Rucha, Joshi Dhaval, Komakech Hans, Joseph Kerstin, Mlimbila Ebrania, De Bont Chris. 2021. Transformations to groundwater sustainability: From individuals and pumps to communities and aquifers. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 49 : 88-97.

Quartile : Q1, Sujet : ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES / Quartile : Q2, Sujet : GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (Science)

Résumé : If the success of agricultural intensification continues to rely on the depletion of aquifers and exploitation of (female) labour, transformations to groundwater sustainability will be impossible to achieve. Hence, the development of new groundwater imaginaries, based on alternative ways of organizing society-water relations is highly important. This paper argues that a comparative documentation of grass-roots initiatives to care for, share or recharge aquifers in places with acute resource pressures provides an important source of inspiration. Using a grounded anti-colonial and feminist approach, we combine an ethnographic documentation of groundwater practices with hydrogeological and engineering insights to enunciate, normatively assess and jointly learn from the knowledges, technologies and institutions that characterize such initiatives. Doing this usefully shifts the focus of planned efforts to regulate and govern groundwater away from government efforts to control individual pumping behaviours, to the identification of possibilities to anchor transformations to sustainability in collective action.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : eau souterraine, aquifère, gestion des eaux, utilisation de l'eau, ressource en eau, rôle des femmes, communauté locale, durabilité, gouvernance

Mots-clés libres : Groundwater, Irrigation, Feminist theory, Overexploitation, Water governance

Classification Agris : P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion
F06 - Irrigation
E50 - Sociologie rurale

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 5 (2019-) - Territoires

Auteurs et affiliations

• Zwarteveen Margreet, University of Amsterdam (NLD) - auteur correspondant
• Kuper Marcel, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-1240-0592
• Olmos-Herrera Cristian, University of Amsterdam (NLD)
• Dajani Muna, Lancaster University (GBR)
• Kemerink-Seyoum Jeltsje, University of Amsterdam (NLD)
• Frances Cleaver, Lancaster University (GBR)
• Beckett Linnea, UC (USA)
• Lu Flora, UC (USA)
• Kulkarni Seema, SOPPECOM (IND)
• Kulkarni Himanshu, ACWADAM (IND)
• Aslekar Uma, ACWADAM (IND)
• Börjeson Lowe, Stockholm University (SWE)
• Verzijl Andres, University of Amsterdam (NLD)
• Dominguez Guzmán Carolina, University of Amsterdam (NLD)
• Teresa Oré Maria, Pontifical Catholic University of Perú (PER)
• Leonardelli Irene, Institute for water Education (NLD)
• Bossenbroek Lisa, University of Koblenz-Landau (DEU)
• Ftouhi Hind, Université Hassan II de Casablanca (MAR)
• Chitata Tavengwa, University of Sheffield (GBR)
• Hartani Tarik, Centre Universitaire de Tipaza (DZA)
• Saidani Mohamed Amine, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (FRA)
• Johnson Michelaina, UC (USA)
• Peterson Aysha, UC (USA)
• Bhat Sneha, SOPPECOM (IND)
• Bhopal Sachin, SOPPECOM (IND)
• Kadiri Zakaria, Université Hassan II de Casablanca (MAR)
• Deshmukh Rucha, ACWADAM (IND)
• Joshi Dhaval, University of Edinburgh (GBR)
• Komakech Hans, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (TZA)
• Joseph Kerstin, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (TZA)
• Mlimbila Ebrania, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (TZA)
• De Bont Chris, Stockholm University (SWE)

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