Projects

Project Profile: FuturAgua

Enhancing Adaptation and Resilience to Drought in Dry Tropical Social-Ecological Systems: The Guanacaste, Costa Rica Example

Who?

Principal Investigators: Tim McDaniels, University of British Columbia, Canada
Partners: Raffaele Vignola, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center, Costa Rica
Grégoire Leclerc, Agriculture Research and Development, France
Douw Steyn, University of British Columbia, Canada
Mitchell Small, Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Mark Johnson, University of British Columbia, Canada
Kai Chan, University of British Columbia, Canada
Hadi Dowlatabadi, Research Council of Norway, Norway
Iris Grossman, Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Sponsors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada
French National Research Agency, France
National Science Foundation, United States

What?

Full Project Title: Enhancing Adaptation and Resilience to Drought in Dry Tropical Social-Ecological Systems: The Guanacaste, Costa Rica Example
Full Call Title: Freshwater2012
Website: http://futuragua.ca/ubc/home/

Why?

Project Objective: The proposed project seeks to provide a fuller characterization of relevant social-ecological system (SES) dynamics, including effects of external drivers and multiple scales of governance. It will create a deeper understanding of the biophysical and social processes affecting these systems, of the benefits affected by these processes, and how these processes are addressed in regulatory and water allocation. It will produce a more appropriate representation of the complexity and uncertainty within SES in conceptual and methodological terms, which will contribute to improved decision processes that generate better alternatives and greater insight for decision-making at multiple scales.
Call Objective: This call was created to address the following:

- Identification and characterization of the interactions between natural processes and human practices that govern water budgeting in selected regions;

- Development of approaches that support the evolution of resilient communities/regions through improved seasonal forecasting of droughts, taking into account natural and socio-economic drivers.

Where?

Regions: North America
Countries: Costa Rica

When?

Duration: 36 Months
Call Date:
Project Award Date: 2012