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DOI	10.1016/j.crm.2024.100598
	How do irrigation district managers deal with climate change risks? Considering experiences, tipping points, and risk normalization in northern Italy
	Ricart, Sandra; Gandolfi, Claudio; Castelletti, Andrea
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2212-0963
起始页码	44
卷号	44
英文摘要	Agriculture is one of the most sensitive and vulnerable activities to climate variations; climate change impacts crop yield, soil processes, water availability, and pest dynamic. Farmers are on the front lines of climate change-induced stressors, shifts, and shocks, having to provide solutions as planners, performers, and innovators working under challenging and uncertain risk conditions. Extensive research has been carried out to deepen farmers' behavior on risks posed by climate change. However, less attention was paid to irrigation district managers, even though their essential role in guaranteeing hydraulic safety, ensuring water supply, even as on-site observers of farmers' behavior. This paper seeks to uncover the attitudes and actions of irrigation districts managers towards climate change, and their ability to gather significant information on the climate experiences of farmers in the Lombardy region, Italy. Employing a mix of semi-structured interviews and questionnaires, the exploratory approach gathered insights from the managers of the 12 public irrigation districts tasked with governing irrigation development and water management in the region. The study reveals that managers are cognizant of the shifting climate caused by warmer temperatures and extreme weather events, implementing both hard (e.g. water infrastructure maintenance, water storage) and soft (climate and weather services) adaptation countermeasures. Through their own experiences, managers brought to light the driving factors behind farmers' willingness to adopt water-saving techniques or adapt their crops, despite facing obstacles (e.g. financial investment, institutional support). In addition, the identification of tipping points related to water scarcity and security is coupled with managers and farmers' trust in technological solutions to partially counteract risk normalization. In line with the findings, suggestions were put forth to enhance managers' adaptive capacity.
英文关键词	Climate change; Irrigation district; Managers; Behavior; Adaptive capacity; Italy
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001209336500001
来源期刊	CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/306978
作者单位	Polytechnic University of Milan; University of Milan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ricart, Sandra,Gandolfi, Claudio,Castelletti, Andrea. How do irrigation district managers deal with climate change risks? Considering experiences, tipping points, and risk normalization in northern Italy[J],2024,44.
APA	Ricart, Sandra,Gandolfi, Claudio,&Castelletti, Andrea.(2024).How do irrigation district managers deal with climate change risks? Considering experiences, tipping points, and risk normalization in northern Italy.CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT,44.
MLA	Ricart, Sandra,et al."How do irrigation district managers deal with climate change risks? Considering experiences, tipping points, and risk normalization in northern Italy".CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT 44(2024).