Perception of Drought and Local Responses by Farmers: A Perspective from the Jucar River Basin, Spain

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• 作者：Julia Urquijo ; Lucia De Stefano
• 关键词：Drought ; Perception ; Farmers ; Responses ; Irrigation community ; Vulnerability
• 刊名：Water Resources Management
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：30
• 期：2
• 页码：577-591
• 全文大小：810 KB
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• 作者单位：Julia Urquijo (1)
  Lucia De Stefano (1)
  
  1. Departamento de Geodinámica, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, c/ José Antonio Nováis, 12, 28040, Madrid, Spain
  
• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Earth sciences
  Hydrogeology
  Geotechnical Engineering
  Meteorology and Climatology
  Civil Engineering
  Environment
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-1650

文摘

Farmers play a key role in water management at all levels and their role becomes even more relevant during droughts, when water systems are under increased pressure. This paper presents a study based on interviews to farmers in eastern Spain using different types of water sources, to explore how that factor influences perceptions and actions during droughts. Results show that farmers often perceive droughts through non-climatic factors, e.g. the volume of water stored in the reservoirs or water restrictions, rather than through meteorological parameters. The type of water source highly influences farmers' perception of drought and the type of strategies implemented to face it, confirming the key role of groundwater in buffering drought. In areas using surface water, practices to mitigate impacts include temporary changes in cropping practices, temporary modification of water distribution shifts or the use of emergency wells. In areas irrigated with different water sources – groundwater, reclaimed water – farmers' actions address mainly permanent water scarcity problems and their concerns are focused on the long term viability of their activity – in terms of cost of water or water quality – rather than on variability of rainfall. Both in surface and groundwater-based irrigation areas, local responses often require close cooperation among users, as they may involve redistributing the available resources, sharing extra costs, or combining water from different sources to achieve the desired water quality. Keywords Drought Perception Farmers Responses Irrigation community Vulnerability