@article{fdi:010073121,
  title = {{I}nspiring a broader socio-hydrological negotiation approach with interdisciplinary field-based experience},
  author = {{M}assuel, {S}ylvain and {R}iaux, {J}eanne and {M}olle, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {K}uper, {M}. and {O}gilvie, {A}ndrew and {C}ollard, {A}. {L}. and {L}educ, {C}hristian and {B}arreteau, {O}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}ocio-hydrology advanced the field of hydrology by considering humans and their activities as part of the water cycle, rather than as external drivers. {M}odels are used to infer reproducible trends in human interactions with water resources. {H}owever, defining and handling water problems in this way may restrict the scope of such modeling approaches. {W}e propose an interdisciplinary socio-hydrological approach to overcome this limit and complement modeling approaches. {I}t starts from concrete field-based situations, combines disciplinary as well as local knowledge on water-society relationships, with the aim of broadening the hydrocentric analysis and modeling of water systems. {T}he paper argues that an analysis of social dynamics linked to water is highly complementary to traditional hydrological tools but requires a negotiated and contextualized interdisciplinary approach to the representation and analysis of socio-hydro systems. {T}his reflection emerged from experience gained in the field where a water-budget modeling framework failed to adequately incorporate the multiplicity of (nonhydrological) factors that determine the volumes of withdrawals for irrigation. {T}he pathway subsequently explored was to move away from the hydrologic view of the phenomena and, in collaboration with social scientists, to produce a shared conceptualization of a coupled human-water system through a negotiated approach. {T}his approach changed the way hydrological research issues were addressed and limited the number of strong assumptions needed for simplification in modeling. {T}he proposed socio-hydrological approach led to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind local water-related problems and to debates on the interactions between social and political decisions and the dynamics of these problems. {P}lain {L}anguage {S}ummary {T}his paper provides a collective reflection on the ways to articulate an understanding of social dynamics within hydrological approaches, based on interdisciplinary experience gained in the field in {N}orth {A}frica. {F}undamentally, the socio-hydrological approach proposed here enabled a better understanding of the mechanisms behind human-water dynamics and hence of the impacts of social and political decisions on future changes. {T}he major shift in this interdisciplinary approach is that it provides evidence that things do not simply interact in a positive or negative way, but also combine and shape together. {S}o we need to look for pragmatic ways to link the analysis of social dynamics with the understanding of the hydrological processes. {T}his requires hydrology to open up further to different approaches and methods used in other scientific disciplines, especially human sciences. {T}his could lead to a radically innovative way of conceiving and representing coupled human-water systems.},
  keywords = {socio-hydrology ; interdisciplinarity ; {T}unisia ; water-societies ; {TUNISIE} ; {KAIROUAN} {PLAINE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{W}ater {R}esources {R}esearch},
  volume = {54},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {2510--2522},
  ISSN = {0043-1397},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1002/2017wr021691},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073121},
}