Environmental Science & Policy最新文献_第4页

Procedural justice in participatory food system governance: An integrated framework 参与式粮食系统治理中的程序正义：一个综合框架

IF 5.2 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2025-11-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104269

Haley Parzonko , Roberta Sonnino , Lada Timotijevic

Stakeholder participation has been signalled as a fundamental goal for achieving more inclusive and procedurally just forms of food system governance within a landscape characterized by ‘democratic deficits’. However, a comprehensive understanding of what constitutes procedurally just spaces and processes in participatory food system governance remains limited. To begin to address this gap, we present results from a comprehensive review of the literature, which identifies three key underlying themes framing debates on the procedural justice dimension of participation in food system governance. The first dimension—participants— addresses the stakeholders included in participation and their roles, interests and applied recruitment and selection processes. The second dimension—structural design—captures three key organizational processes that structure participation, including the design of deliberation spaces, decision-making frameworks and agenda-setting processes. The third dimension—discourses—addresses the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of participation, encompassing framing, outputs and purposes of participation. Based on these findings, we propose an integrated framework that offers an innovative lens for examining procedural justice concerns within participatory contexts. Moving beyond simplistic inclusive/exclusive categorizations, the framework provides analytical tools to identify which specific mechanisms, practices and norms advance or undermine procedural justice in stakeholder participation. In doing so, this research offers a unique contribution to scholarly debates on more equitable and inclusive food system governance mechanisms. It also raises the need for greater scrutiny towards the micro-politics occurring in the everyday practices of participatory food system governance.

利益攸关方的参与已被视为在“民主赤字”的情况下实现更具包容性和程序公正的粮食系统治理形式的基本目标。然而，对参与式粮食系统治理中程序公正的空间和过程的全面理解仍然有限。为了开始解决这一差距，我们提出了对文献进行全面审查的结果，其中确定了三个关键的基本主题，这些主题构成了参与粮食系统治理的程序正义维度的辩论。第一个维度——参与者——涉及参与的利益相关者及其角色、兴趣和应用的招聘和选拔过程。第二个维度——结构设计——捕捉了组织参与的三个关键组织过程，包括审议空间、决策框架和议程设置过程的设计。第三个维度——话语——涉及参与的“是什么”和“为什么”，包括参与的框架、产出和目的。基于这些发现，我们提出了一个综合框架，为研究参与性背景下的程序正义问题提供了一个创新的视角。该框架超越了简单的包容性/排他性分类，提供了分析工具，以确定哪些具体机制、做法和规范促进或破坏了利益攸关方参与的程序正义。因此，本研究为关于更公平和包容的粮食系统治理机制的学术辩论提供了独特的贡献。它还提出了对参与式粮食系统治理日常实践中发生的微观政治进行更严格审查的必要性。

{"title":"Procedural justice in participatory food system governance: An integrated framework","authors":"Haley Parzonko , Roberta Sonnino , Lada Timotijevic","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104269","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104269","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Stakeholder participation has been signalled as a fundamental goal for achieving more inclusive and procedurally just forms of food system governance within a landscape characterized by ‘democratic deficits’. However, a comprehensive understanding of what constitutes procedurally just spaces and processes in participatory food system governance remains limited. To begin to address this gap, we present results from a comprehensive review of the literature, which identifies three key underlying themes framing debates on the procedural justice dimension of participation in food system governance. The first dimension—<em>participants</em>— addresses the <em>stakeholders included in participation</em> and their <em>roles</em>, <em>interests</em> and applied <em>recruitment and selection processes</em>. The second dimension—<em>structural design</em>—captures three key organizational processes that structure participation, including the <em>design of deliberation spaces</em>, <em>decision-making frameworks</em> and <em>agenda-setting processes</em>. The third dimension—<em>discourses</em>—addresses the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of participation, encompassing <em>framing</em>, <em>outputs</em> and <em>purposes of participation.</em> Based on these findings, we propose an integrated framework that offers an innovative lens for examining procedural justice concerns within participatory contexts. Moving beyond simplistic inclusive/exclusive categorizations, the framework provides analytical tools to identify which specific mechanisms, practices and norms advance or undermine procedural justice in stakeholder participation. In doing so, this research offers a unique contribution to scholarly debates on more equitable and inclusive food system governance mechanisms. It also raises the need for greater scrutiny towards the micro-politics occurring in the everyday practices of participatory food system governance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"174 ","pages":"Article 104269"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145464374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Regrettable for whom? GenX chemicals as a case study in detrimental chemical substitution 为谁感到遗憾？GenX化学品作为有害化学替代的案例研究

IF 5.2 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2025-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104262

Alissa Cordner , Anna Allgeyer , Lindsay A. Tallon , Phil Brown

Numerous examples exist of widely-used chemicals with known or suspected health and environmental risks being replaced with chemicals with uncertain, unknown, or different hazards. This process where one harmful chemical is replaced by another is often referred to as “regrettable substitution,” suggesting an unfortunate but unintended outcome. Examining the case of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used in fluoropolymer production, we conducted qualitative interviews and content analysis of newspaper articles, lawsuits, regulatory documents, advocacy websites, and chemical industry documents. We identify the structurally produced data gaps that facilitated years of toxic chemical emissions with little regulatory oversight or public knowledge. This harmful chemical substitution process results from structurally produced knowledge gaps related to three main factors: the capitalist growth imperative that incentivizes harmful corporate behavior, statutory limitations and loopholes, and self-imposed regulatory reticence. Rather than being regrettable, we argue that the substitution of GenX for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a foreseeable product of structural factors, including corporate influence on science and regulation, that lead to favorable outcomes for industry to the detriment of the broader public. Avoiding this process of detrimental substitution requires vigorous implementation of laws and regulations that ensure greater transparency, accountability, and prioritization of public health.

有许多例子表明，广泛使用的具有已知或疑似健康和环境风险的化学品被具有不确定、未知或不同危害的化学品所取代。一种有害化学物质被另一种有害化学物质取代的过程通常被称为“令人遗憾的替代”，这意味着一个不幸但意想不到的结果。我们考察了全氟和多氟烷基物质（PFAS）在含氟聚合物生产中的使用情况，对报纸文章、诉讼、监管文件、倡导网站和化工行业文件进行了定性访谈和内容分析。我们确定了结构性产生的数据缺口，这些数据缺口导致有毒化学物质多年排放，却很少受到监管或公众了解。这种有害的化学替代过程源于与三个主要因素相关的结构性知识缺口：资本主义增长的必要性激励了有害的公司行为，法律限制和漏洞，以及自我强加的监管沉默。我们并不感到遗憾，而是认为，GenX取代全氟辛酸（PFOA）是结构性因素（包括企业对科学和监管的影响）的可预见的产物，这对工业产生了有利的结果，对更广泛的公众造成了损害。为了避免这种有害的替代过程，需要大力执行确保提高透明度、问责制和优先考虑公共卫生的法律和法规。

{"title":"Regrettable for whom? GenX chemicals as a case study in detrimental chemical substitution","authors":"Alissa Cordner , Anna Allgeyer , Lindsay A. Tallon , Phil Brown","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104262","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104262","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Numerous examples exist of widely-used chemicals with known or suspected health and environmental risks being replaced with chemicals with uncertain, unknown, or different hazards. This process where one harmful chemical is replaced by another is often referred to as “regrettable substitution,” suggesting an unfortunate but unintended outcome. Examining the case of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used in fluoropolymer production, we conducted qualitative interviews and content analysis of newspaper articles, lawsuits, regulatory documents, advocacy websites, and chemical industry documents. We identify the structurally produced data gaps that facilitated years of toxic chemical emissions with little regulatory oversight or public knowledge. This harmful chemical substitution process results from structurally produced knowledge gaps related to three main factors: the capitalist growth imperative that incentivizes harmful corporate behavior, statutory limitations and loopholes, and self-imposed regulatory reticence. Rather than being regrettable, we argue that the substitution of GenX for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a foreseeable product of structural factors, including corporate influence on science and regulation, that lead to favorable outcomes for industry to the detriment of the broader public. Avoiding this process of <em>detrimental substitution</em> requires vigorous implementation of laws and regulations that ensure greater transparency, accountability, and prioritization of public health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"174 ","pages":"Article 104262"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145414714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Data in crisis: Mobility and fitness-for-Use in decentralized ecosystems 危机中的数据：去中心化生态系统中的移动性和适用性

IF 5.2 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2025-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104267

Francesco Tonnarelli , Luca Mora

This study examines data mobility and fitness-for-use within decentralized data ecosystems in crisis contexts, using Somalia as a case study. Data practices are increasingly central to managing natural disasters, conflicts and the consequences of climate change, spanning short-term emergencies to long-term development and global sustainability. However, they face substantial challenges due to the dynamic and fragmented nature of data generation and storage, necessitating robust mechanisms for data sharing and reuse. The discussion has largely centered on the unspecified reuse of data globally, highlighting a significant gap in understanding the situatedness and contextuality of data for effective reuse and repurpose. By analyzing how data are processed, disseminated, and reused in various contexts across Somalia, we find that data's fitness-for-use is not an inherent quality but a dynamic status achieved through deliberate coordination and negotiation among actors. We identify a fundamental tension between vertical data aggregation, which sacrifices local detail for global comparability, and horizontal sharing, which is context-rich but prone to creating fragmentation. A strategy for decentralized but coordinated crisis data may lie not in greater standardization, but in fostering flexible interoperability frameworks and supporting the communities of practice in translating data across diverse institutional and methodological divides.

本研究以索马里为例，考察了危机背景下分散数据生态系统中的数据移动性和适用性。数据实践在管理自然灾害、冲突和气候变化后果方面日益发挥核心作用，从短期紧急情况到长期发展和全球可持续性。然而，由于数据生成和存储的动态性和碎片性，它们面临着巨大的挑战，需要强大的数据共享和重用机制。讨论主要集中在全球范围内未指定的数据重用上，突出了在理解数据的情境性和上下文性以实现有效重用和重新利用方面的重大差距。通过分析数据在索马里各地的各种情况下是如何处理、传播和再利用的，我们发现数据的适用性不是一种固有的质量，而是通过参与者之间的刻意协调和谈判实现的动态状态。我们确定了垂直数据聚合和水平共享之间的基本紧张关系，垂直数据聚合牺牲了局部细节以获得全局可比性，而水平共享是上下文丰富的，但容易产生碎片。分散但协调的危机数据的战略可能不在于更大程度的标准化，而在于促进灵活的互操作性框架，并支持实践社区跨越不同的机构和方法分歧转换数据。

{"title":"Data in crisis: Mobility and fitness-for-Use in decentralized ecosystems","authors":"Francesco Tonnarelli , Luca Mora","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104267","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104267","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines data mobility and fitness-for-use within decentralized data ecosystems in crisis contexts, using Somalia as a case study. Data practices are increasingly central to managing natural disasters, conflicts and the consequences of climate change, spanning short-term emergencies to long-term development and global sustainability. However, they face substantial challenges due to the dynamic and fragmented nature of data generation and storage, necessitating robust mechanisms for data sharing and reuse. The discussion has largely centered on the unspecified reuse of data globally, highlighting a significant gap in understanding the situatedness and contextuality of data for effective reuse and repurpose. By analyzing how data are processed, disseminated, and reused in various contexts across Somalia, we find that data's fitness-for-use is not an inherent quality but a dynamic status achieved through deliberate coordination and negotiation among actors. We identify a fundamental tension between vertical data aggregation, which sacrifices local detail for global comparability, and horizontal sharing, which is context-rich but prone to creating fragmentation. A strategy for decentralized but coordinated crisis data may lie not in greater standardization, but in fostering flexible interoperability frameworks and supporting the communities of practice in translating data across diverse institutional and methodological divides.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"174 ","pages":"Article 104267"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145414720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Modeling narratives of water governance transformation 水治理转型的建模叙事

IF 5.2 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2025-10-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104263

Nusrat Molla , Ruchika Jaiswal , Jonathan Herman

Broad transformations in natural resource governance are needed to address environmental change and inequities. Current human-water systems models fall short in their ability to explore such transformations by overlooking changes to infrastructure and institutions and how they impact power dynamics and vulnerability among water users. Here, we introduce a complex systems approach to examine the viability of different transformation narratives for California’s San Joaquin Valley, and their implications for the power and vulnerability of different groups. Using interviews and focus groups with growers, advocacy groups, and rural residents, we develop and model governance scenarios based on these narratives. While most scenarios maintain or exacerbate existing disparities, we find a path towards equitable water governance involving a shift towards greater state oversight and community engagement in governance, and smaller-scale agriculture with more direct benefits to rural communities.

需要在自然资源治理方面进行广泛变革，以解决环境变化和不平等问题。目前的人类-水系统模型忽视了基础设施和机构的变化以及它们如何影响水使用者的权力动态和脆弱性，因而在探索这种转变方面能力不足。在这里，我们引入了一种复杂的系统方法来研究加州圣华金河谷不同转型叙事的可行性，以及它们对不同群体的权力和脆弱性的影响。通过对种植者、倡导团体和农村居民的访谈和焦点小组，我们根据这些叙述制定并模拟治理方案。虽然大多数情况下维持或加剧了现有的差距，但我们找到了一条通往公平水治理的道路，包括向更大程度的国家监督和社区参与治理转变，以及向更直接惠及农村社区的小规模农业转变。

引用次数: 0

Forecasting justice: Hurricane knowledge, vulnerability, and meteorological fairness in Puerto Rico 预报公正：波多黎各的飓风知识、脆弱性和气象公平性

IF 5.2 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2025-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104252

Ellen Ruth Kujawa

Hurricane forecasts are critical for safeguarding lives and livelihoods, and their production and distribution raise important questions of fairness and justice. Although often regarded as objective and geographically consistent, forecasts' usefulness depends on the social and political contexts in which they are produced and applied. This paper examines the distributive justice of hurricane forecasts for Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, drawing on 30 elite interviews with meteorologists and emergency managers. Puerto Rico faces annual hurricane risk, and its vulnerability is compounded by islandness, infrastructural neglect, economic crisis, and political marginalization. While Puerto Rican decision-makers view forecasts as essential for disaster mitigation, they encounter significant challenges in applying forecasts designed for continental contexts and perceive - with some supporting evidence - that Puerto Rico receives inferior forecast information and institutional support compared to the continental United States. In addition to presenting expert perceptions of forecast utility, this paper applies a Rawlsian framework to interrogate the fairness of the current hurricane forecasting system, suggesting that forecast knowledge should preferentially benefit the most vulnerable. I argue that disparities in forecast access and application reflect deeper structures of unfairness and coloniality – an insidious companion to the more visible coloniality of Puerto Rico, and further proof that meteorological prediction is inherently political. This research, particularly salient in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, traces the connections between two bodies of knowledge: the entangled geographies of vulnerability, islandness, and coloniality; and the complex relationship between meteorology, justice, and political power.

飓风预报对保障生命和生计至关重要，其生产和分发引发了公平和正义的重要问题。虽然经常被认为是客观的和地理上一致的，但预测的有用性取决于它们产生和应用的社会和政治背景。本文通过对30位精英气象学家和应急管理人员的访谈，考察了波多黎各飓风预报的分配公平性，波多黎各是美国的一个未合并领土。波多黎各每年都面临飓风风险，其脆弱性因岛国地位、基础设施被忽视、经济危机和政治边缘化而加剧。虽然波多黎各决策者认为预报对减轻灾害至关重要，但他们在应用针对大陆情况设计的预报方面遇到了重大挑战，并且在一些证据的支持下认为，与美国大陆相比，波多黎各获得的预报信息和机构支持较差。除了提出专家对预测效用的看法外，本文还应用罗尔斯框架来质疑当前飓风预报系统的公平性，表明预测知识应该优先使最弱势群体受益。我认为，预报获取和应用方面的差异反映了更深层的不公平和殖民主义结构——这是波多黎各更明显的殖民主义的阴险伴侣，进一步证明了气象预报本质上是政治性的。这项研究，特别是在飓风玛丽亚之后的研究，追踪了两个知识体系之间的联系：脆弱性、孤岛性和殖民性的纠缠地理；以及气象、司法和政治权力之间的复杂关系。

{"title":"Forecasting justice: Hurricane knowledge, vulnerability, and meteorological fairness in Puerto Rico","authors":"Ellen Ruth Kujawa","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104252","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104252","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hurricane forecasts are critical for safeguarding lives and livelihoods, and their production and distribution raise important questions of fairness and justice. Although often regarded as objective and geographically consistent, forecasts' usefulness depends on the social and political contexts in which they are produced and applied. This paper examines the distributive justice of hurricane forecasts for Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, drawing on 30 elite interviews with meteorologists and emergency managers. Puerto Rico faces annual hurricane risk, and its vulnerability is compounded by islandness, infrastructural neglect, economic crisis, and political marginalization. While Puerto Rican decision-makers view forecasts as essential for disaster mitigation, they encounter significant challenges in applying forecasts designed for continental contexts and perceive - with some supporting evidence - that Puerto Rico receives inferior forecast information and institutional support compared to the continental United States. In addition to presenting expert perceptions of forecast utility, this paper applies a Rawlsian framework to interrogate the fairness of the current hurricane forecasting system, suggesting that forecast knowledge should preferentially benefit the most vulnerable. I argue that disparities in forecast access and application reflect deeper structures of unfairness and coloniality – an insidious companion to the more visible coloniality of Puerto Rico, and further proof that meteorological prediction is inherently political. This research, particularly salient in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, traces the connections between two bodies of knowledge: the entangled geographies of vulnerability, islandness, and coloniality; and the complex relationship between meteorology, justice, and political power.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"174 ","pages":"Article 104252"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145414719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Groundwater depletion to recovery: Resilience strategies in Ho Chi Minh City under climate change and subsidence pressures 地下水枯竭到恢复：气候变化和沉降压力下胡志明市的恢复策略

IF 5.2 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2025-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104266

Quang-Khai Ha , Sarah Tweed , Duc Huy Dang

Coastal megacities face compounded risks from land subsidence, sea-level rise, and groundwater over-extraction. Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, exemplifies these challenges due to its low-lying terrain and long-term dependence on groundwater. This review explores the evolution of groundwater extraction practices, aquifer responses, and policy interventions in HCMC from the early 1990s to the early 2020 s. Drawing from multi-decadal monitoring records and a range of trend analysis techniques, including linear regression, the Mann–Kendall test, and Sen’s slope estimator, this review synthesizes evidence pointing to a gradual shift from unsustainable over-extraction toward early indications of groundwater recovery. Emerging information suggests that this transition is associated with several key developments, including the expansion of piped water infrastructure, the enactment of national and municipal water regulations, and targeted policy measures to regulate groundwater use. Reported estimates indicate a significant reduction in groundwater extraction volumes, from a peak of approximately 720,000 m³ /day in 2016 to around 145,000 m³ /day by 2022, accompanied by partial recovery in groundwater levels and potential deceleration of land subsidence in the most affected aquifers. These developments underscore broader lessons for integrated groundwater governance, particularly in rapidly growing and low-lying megacities. The case of HCMC illustrates the importance of aligning infrastructure investment with regulatory frameworks and highlights the potential benefits of adaptive water planning in the face of climate change and urban expansion. This review aims to provide a foundation for further interdisciplinary research and policy dialogue on sustainable groundwater management in vulnerable coastal regions.

沿海大城市面临着地面沉降、海平面上升和地下水过度开采的多重风险。越南的胡志明市（HCMC）由于地势低洼且长期依赖地下水，体现了这些挑战。本文探讨了从20世纪90年代初到2020年代初胡志明市地下水开采实践、含水层响应和政策干预的演变 。根据多年代际监测记录和一系列趋势分析技术，包括线性回归、Mann-Kendall检验和Sen 's斜率估计，本综述综合了证据，表明从不可持续的过度开采逐渐转向地下水恢复的早期迹象。新出现的信息表明，这一转变与若干关键发展有关，包括管道水基础设施的扩大、国家和市政水条例的颁布以及有针对性的政策措施来管理地下水的使用。报告估计表明，地下水开采量将显著减少，从2016年的峰值约720,000 m³ /天降至2022年的约145,000 m³ /天，同时地下水水位部分恢复，受影响最严重的含水层的地面沉降可能会减慢。这些发展突出了地下水综合治理的更广泛经验，特别是在快速发展的低洼特大城市。胡志明市的案例说明了将基础设施投资与监管框架相结合的重要性，并强调了面对气候变化和城市扩张时适应性水规划的潜在好处。本综述旨在为沿海脆弱地区地下水可持续管理的进一步跨学科研究和政策对话提供基础。

{"title":"Groundwater depletion to recovery: Resilience strategies in Ho Chi Minh City under climate change and subsidence pressures","authors":"Quang-Khai Ha , Sarah Tweed , Duc Huy Dang","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104266","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104266","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Coastal megacities face compounded risks from land subsidence, sea-level rise, and groundwater over-extraction. Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, exemplifies these challenges due to its low-lying terrain and long-term dependence on groundwater. This review explores the evolution of groundwater extraction practices, aquifer responses, and policy interventions in HCMC from the early 1990s to the early 2020 s. Drawing from multi-decadal monitoring records and a range of trend analysis techniques, including linear regression, the Mann–Kendall test, and Sen’s slope estimator, this review synthesizes evidence pointing to a gradual shift from unsustainable over-extraction toward early indications of groundwater recovery. Emerging information suggests that this transition is associated with several key developments, including the expansion of piped water infrastructure, the enactment of national and municipal water regulations, and targeted policy measures to regulate groundwater use. Reported estimates indicate a significant reduction in groundwater extraction volumes, from a peak of approximately 720,000 m³ /day in 2016 to around 145,000 m³ /day by 2022, accompanied by partial recovery in groundwater levels and potential deceleration of land subsidence in the most affected aquifers. These developments underscore broader lessons for integrated groundwater governance, particularly in rapidly growing and low-lying megacities. The case of HCMC illustrates the importance of aligning infrastructure investment with regulatory frameworks and highlights the potential benefits of adaptive water planning in the face of climate change and urban expansion. This review aims to provide a foundation for further interdisciplinary research and policy dialogue on sustainable groundwater management in vulnerable coastal regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"174 ","pages":"Article 104266"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145414723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Expanding theories of learning for adaptive governance: Civil society action on water security and environmental pollution 扩展适应性治理的学习理论：民间社会对水安全和环境污染的行动

IF 5.2 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2025-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104261

Delia Paul, Benjamin S. Thompson, Megan Farrelly

Adaptive governance scholarship applies the concept of multiple-loop learning to analyse the depth of learning necessary for society to adequately address environmental challenges. However, multiple-loop learning is rarely used to explain negative or mixed governance outcomes. We do so here, by developing a framework that matches concepts of single-loop, double-loop, and triple-loop learning against three types of ‘governance actions’ by civil society actors. This framework is applied to evaluate civil society action on water insecurity in Malaysia, focussing on the depth and quality of learning involved. Our study, in an emerging economy, shows the presence and engagement of civil society actors in the governance of water security does not always guarantee opportunities for learning. Deeper levels of learning are likely to take place when: activities are planned with learning as an explicit objective; learning activities can be repeated and adapted; and civil society actors are embedded long-term in the communities and environments that they seek to assist. We highlight the social practice of ‘mudball throwing’ as an example of single-loop learning – investigating why it retains popularity despite mixed evidence of its effectiveness. We argue that mudball throwing is: a politically ‘safe’ activity that does not challenge existing institutions; a technically ‘simple’ activity seldom accompanied by scientific experimentation; and a logistically ‘easy’ activity that avoids the management complexity of working directly with local communities. Ultimately, learning in water resource governance will be inadequate in places where information sharing and data transparency on river health and sources of pollution are low.

适应性治理奖学金应用多循环学习的概念来分析社会充分应对环境挑战所需的学习深度。然而，多循环学习很少用于解释负面或混合的治理结果。为此，我们制定了一个框架，将单环、双环和三环学习的概念与民间社会行动者的三种“治理行动”相匹配。该框架应用于评估马来西亚关于水不安全的民间社会行动，重点关注所涉及的学习的深度和质量。我们对新兴经济体的研究表明，民间社会行为体参与水安全治理并不总能保证学习机会。更深层次的学习在以下情况下可能发生：以学习为明确目标的活动计划；学习活动可以重复和适应；民间社会行动者长期扎根于他们寻求帮助的社区和环境中。我们强调了“扔泥球”的社会实践，作为单循环学习的一个例子——调查为什么尽管有不同的证据表明它的有效性，但它仍然受欢迎。我们认为，扔泥球是一种政治上“安全”的活动，不会挑战现有制度；技术上“简单”的活动很少伴随科学实验；这是一项后勤上“容易”的活动，避免了直接与当地社区合作的管理复杂性。最终，在河流健康和污染源信息共享和数据透明度较低的地方，水资源治理方面的学习将不足。

{"title":"Expanding theories of learning for adaptive governance: Civil society action on water security and environmental pollution","authors":"Delia Paul, Benjamin S. Thompson, Megan Farrelly","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104261","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104261","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Adaptive governance scholarship applies the concept of multiple-loop learning to analyse the depth of learning necessary for society to adequately address environmental challenges. However, multiple-loop learning is rarely used to explain negative or mixed governance outcomes. We do so here, by developing a framework that matches concepts of single-loop, double-loop, and triple-loop learning against three types of ‘governance actions’ by civil society actors. This framework is applied to evaluate civil society action on water insecurity in Malaysia, focussing on the depth and quality of learning involved. Our study, in an emerging economy, shows the presence and engagement of civil society actors in the governance of water security does not always guarantee opportunities for learning. Deeper levels of learning are likely to take place when: activities are planned with learning as an explicit objective; learning activities can be repeated and adapted; and civil society actors are embedded long-term in the communities and environments that they seek to assist. We highlight the social practice of ‘mudball throwing’ as an example of single-loop learning – investigating why it retains popularity despite mixed evidence of its effectiveness. We argue that mudball throwing is: a politically ‘safe’ activity that does not challenge existing institutions; a technically ‘simple’ activity seldom accompanied by scientific experimentation; and a logistically ‘easy’ activity that avoids the management complexity of working directly with local communities. Ultimately, learning in water resource governance will be inadequate in places where information sharing and data transparency on river health and sources of pollution are low.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"174 ","pages":"Article 104261"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145414717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Sand Sovereignty and environmental justice: Indigenous governance, sustainable aggregates, and the transformation of land use in Australia 沙主权和环境正义：土著治理，可持续总量，和土地利用在澳大利亚的转变

IF 5.2 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2025-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104264

Shannon Kilmartin-Lynch, Clint J. Hansen

Sand is one of the most extracted natural resources globally, yet its environmental, cultural, and governance impacts remain underexplored. In Australia, increasing sand extraction for construction and manufacturing, driven by urban expansion and infrastructure development, is exerting profound pressures on Indigenous lands, waterways, and sacred landscapes. As First Peoples with connections across both Victoria and Queensland, we argue that these extractive activities are often carried out without adequate consultation, cultural assessment, or consent, perpetuating settler-colonial dispossession, reflecting gaps in legal frameworks that fail to recognise sand as a protected resource under Native Title or Indigenous land rights regimes.

We introduce the concept of sand sovereignty as a rights-based policy framework that addresses the environmental degradation, cultural dispossession, and governance failures associated with sand extraction. Through a review of emerging sustainable alternatives — including biochar-infused fines, recycled concrete aggregates, and carbon-sequestering materials — we highlight opportunities to close material loops and reduce environmental impacts. However, we argue that technical substitution alone is insufficient. A transformation in governance, centred on Indigenous custodianship, culturally safe consent processes, and benefit-sharing mechanisms, is essential for sustainable and just material transitions. Sand sovereignty provides a scalable model for reconfiguring infrastructure development in ways that simultaneously heal Country, protect ecosystem services, and uphold Indigenous rights.

沙子是全球开采最多的自然资源之一，但其对环境、文化和治理的影响仍未得到充分探讨。在澳大利亚，在城市扩张和基础设施发展的推动下，建筑和制造业的采砂量不断增加，给土著土地、水道和神圣景观带来了巨大的压力。作为在维多利亚州和昆士兰州都有联系的第一民族，我们认为这些采掘活动通常在没有充分咨询、文化评估或同意的情况下进行，使定居者-殖民地剥夺永久化，反映了法律框架的差距，即未能将沙子视为土著所有权或土著土地权利制度下的受保护资源。我们引入了沙子主权的概念，作为一个基于权利的政策框架，解决了与沙子开采相关的环境退化、文化剥夺和治理失败。通过对新兴的可持续替代品的回顾，包括注入生物炭的细粉、再生混凝土骨料和碳封存材料，我们强调了闭合材料循环和减少环境影响的机会。然而，我们认为仅靠技术替代是不够的。以土著监护、文化安全的同意程序和利益分享机制为中心的治理转型，对于可持续和公正的物质转型至关重要。沙子主权提供了一个可扩展的模式，可以重新配置基础设施发展，同时治愈国家、保护生态系统服务和维护土著权利。

{"title":"Sand Sovereignty and environmental justice: Indigenous governance, sustainable aggregates, and the transformation of land use in Australia","authors":"Shannon Kilmartin-Lynch, Clint J. Hansen","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104264","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104264","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sand is one of the most extracted natural resources globally, yet its environmental, cultural, and governance impacts remain underexplored. In Australia, increasing sand extraction for construction and manufacturing, driven by urban expansion and infrastructure development, is exerting profound pressures on Indigenous lands, waterways, and sacred landscapes. As First Peoples with connections across both Victoria and Queensland, we argue that these extractive activities are often carried out without adequate consultation, cultural assessment, or consent, perpetuating settler-colonial dispossession, reflecting gaps in legal frameworks that fail to recognise sand as a protected resource under Native Title or Indigenous land rights regimes.</div><div>We introduce the concept of sand sovereignty as a rights-based policy framework that addresses the environmental degradation, cultural dispossession, and governance failures associated with sand extraction. Through a review of emerging sustainable alternatives — including biochar-infused fines, recycled concrete aggregates, and carbon-sequestering materials — we highlight opportunities to close material loops and reduce environmental impacts. However, we argue that technical substitution alone is insufficient. A transformation in governance, centred on Indigenous custodianship, culturally safe consent processes, and benefit-sharing mechanisms, is essential for sustainable and just material transitions. Sand sovereignty provides a scalable model for reconfiguring infrastructure development in ways that simultaneously heal Country, protect ecosystem services, and uphold Indigenous rights.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"174 ","pages":"Article 104264"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145414715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Assessing and managing risks to strengthen the resilience of surface water delivery systems under drought in irrigation districts 评估和管理风险，以加强灌区地表水输送系统在干旱情况下的抵御能力

IF 5.2 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2025-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104265

Seied Mehdy Hashemy Shahdany , Dorsa Rahparast

A spatial risk assessment and management framework is proposed to diagnose surface water delivery failures in irrigation districts facing severe inflow shortages. The methodology focuses on assessing the vulnerability of the conventional and upgraded manual-based Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Risk probabilities were quantified using historical diversion inflow records through frequency-based classification, producing seven distinct inflow shortfall scenarios. Hydraulic and operation simulation model were developed to assess system vulnerability and consequences. An integrated consequence index, using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), combines adequacy, dependability, and efficiency for easy comparison. The Mahyar-Jarghuyeh Irrigation District in central Iran, comprising 659 farmer cooperatives and approximately 11,200 farmers, served as the case study. Comparative analysis revealed that under the most severe inflow shortfall, over 80 % of the district exhibited extreme vulnerability, and worse consequences in more than 90 % of the area, indicating widespread system failure. However, implementation of an upgraded manual-based SOP yielded resilience improvements, reducing extreme consequence zones by 22–34 % and delaying full system service disruption until inflow dropped below 60 %, compared to 50 % under the original SOP. The resulting spatial risk maps clearly identify high priority intervention zones, offering actionable insights for operational upgrading and drought preparedness. This framework, by integrating operational modeling, performance indices, and spatial assessment, provides a scalable and transferable decision support tool for advancing climate resilient water governance in irrigation sectors.

提出了一个空间风险评估和管理框架，用于诊断面临严重流入短缺的灌区地表水输送故障。该方法侧重于评估传统的和升级的基于手册的标准操作程序（sop）的脆弱性。通过基于频率的分类，利用历史分流流入记录量化风险概率，产生7种不同的流入短缺情景。建立了水力和运行仿真模型，以评估系统的脆弱性和后果。综合结果指数，使用主成分分析（PCA），结合充分性，可靠性和效率，便于比较。伊朗中部的Mahyar-Jarghuyeh灌溉区由659个农民合作社和约11,200名农民组成，是研究的案例。对比分析表明，在最严重的流入短缺情况下，超过80% %的地区表现出极端脆弱性，超过90% %的地区表现出更严重的后果，表明系统出现了广泛的故障。然而，升级后的手动作业标准的实施提高了弹性，将极端后果区域减少了22-34 %，并延迟了整个系统的服务中断，直到流入量降至60% %以下，而原始作业标准为50% %。由此产生的空间风险图清楚地确定了高优先干预区，为业务升级和干旱防范提供了可操作的见解。该框架通过整合运营建模、绩效指数和空间评估，为推进灌溉部门的气候适应型水治理提供了可扩展和可转移的决策支持工具。

{"title":"Assessing and managing risks to strengthen the resilience of surface water delivery systems under drought in irrigation districts","authors":"Seied Mehdy Hashemy Shahdany , Dorsa Rahparast","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104265","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104265","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A spatial risk assessment and management framework is proposed to diagnose surface water delivery failures in irrigation districts facing severe inflow shortages. The methodology focuses on assessing the vulnerability of the conventional and upgraded manual-based Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Risk probabilities were quantified using historical diversion inflow records through frequency-based classification, producing seven distinct inflow shortfall scenarios. Hydraulic and operation simulation model were developed to assess system vulnerability and consequences. An integrated consequence index, using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), combines adequacy, dependability, and efficiency for easy comparison. The Mahyar-Jarghuyeh Irrigation District in central Iran, comprising 659 farmer cooperatives and approximately 11,200 farmers, served as the case study. Comparative analysis revealed that under the most severe inflow shortfall, over 80 % of the district exhibited extreme vulnerability, and worse consequences in more than 90 % of the area, indicating widespread system failure. However, implementation of an upgraded manual-based SOP yielded resilience improvements, reducing extreme consequence zones by 22–34 % and delaying full system service disruption until inflow dropped below 60 %, compared to 50 % under the original SOP. The resulting spatial risk maps clearly identify high priority intervention zones, offering actionable insights for operational upgrading and drought preparedness. This framework, by integrating operational modeling, performance indices, and spatial assessment, provides a scalable and transferable decision support tool for advancing climate resilient water governance in irrigation sectors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"174 ","pages":"Article 104265"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145414721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Towards a decolonial planning praxis for nature-based solutions: bridging inclusive planning of NBS in cities with decolonial thinking through a systematic literature review 基于自然的解决方案的非殖民化规划实践：通过系统的文献综述，将城市国家统计局的包容性规划与非殖民化思维联系起来

IF 5.2 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2025-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104260

Janneke Den Dekker-Arlain , Niki Frantzeskaki , Katinka Wijsman , Fernanda Rojas-Marchini

The planning of nature-based solutions (NBS) has typically heavily relied on technology and ecological expertise. However, critics have shown the importance of considering social dynamics, especially a justice lens. To date, such analyses have largely failed to engage with or incorporate insights from decolonial work, particularly concerning the legacies of coloniality persistent through planning institutions, knowledges, and practices. The research question that guides this paper is: What does it mean to decolonise the planning of NBS? In this literature review, we analyse how the topic of decoloniality is treated with regard to the planning of nature, ecosystems, and biodiversity, and we bring these insights into NBS practice. We synthesise the literature around questions regarding narratives of nature, the treatment of situatedness, and imagining ways out of coloniality in the planning of NBS. Our review argues that a decolonial approach to the planning of NBS is needed to address the root causes of climate change and shift our ways of relating to human and non-human others to enable a transformative approach to the planning, design, and implementation of NBS.

基于自然的解决方案（NBS）的规划通常严重依赖于技术和生态专业知识。然而，批评者已经表明了考虑社会动态的重要性，特别是从正义的角度来看。迄今为止，这种分析在很大程度上未能参与或纳入非殖民工作的见解，特别是关于通过规划机构、知识和实践持续存在的殖民遗产。指导本文的研究问题是：国家统计局规划的非殖民化意味着什么？在这篇文献综述中，我们分析了关于自然、生态系统和生物多样性规划的非殖民化主题是如何处理的，并将这些见解带入国家统计局的实践中。我们综合了有关自然叙事、情境性处理以及在国家统计局规划中想象摆脱殖民主义的方法等问题的文献。我们的综述认为，为了解决气候变化的根本原因，并改变我们与人类和非人类他人的关系方式，需要一种非殖民化的国家统计局规划方法，以实现国家统计局的规划、设计和实施的变革。

{"title":"Towards a decolonial planning praxis for nature-based solutions: bridging inclusive planning of NBS in cities with decolonial thinking through a systematic literature review","authors":"Janneke Den Dekker-Arlain , Niki Frantzeskaki , Katinka Wijsman , Fernanda Rojas-Marchini","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104260","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104260","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The planning of nature-based solutions (NBS) has typically heavily relied on technology and ecological expertise. However, critics have shown the importance of considering social dynamics, especially a justice lens. To date, such analyses have largely failed to engage with or incorporate insights from decolonial work, particularly concerning the legacies of coloniality persistent through planning institutions, knowledges, and practices. The research question that guides this paper is: What does it mean to decolonise the planning of NBS? In this literature review, we analyse how the topic of decoloniality is treated with regard to the planning of nature, ecosystems, and biodiversity, and we bring these insights into NBS practice. We synthesise the literature around questions regarding narratives of nature, the treatment of situatedness, and imagining ways out of coloniality in the planning of NBS. Our review argues that a decolonial approach to the planning of NBS is needed to address the root causes of climate change and shift our ways of relating to human and non-human others to enable a transformative approach to the planning, design, and implementation of NBS.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"174 ","pages":"Article 104260"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145414722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0