Print Email Facebook Twitter Towards systematic planning of small-scale hydrological intervention-based research (discussion paper) Title Towards systematic planning of small-scale hydrological intervention-based research (discussion paper) Author Pramana, K.E.R. Ertsen, M.W. Van de Giesen, N.C. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Water Management Date 2015-09-18 Abstract Many small-scale water development initiatives are accompanied by hydrological research to study either the shape of the intervention or its impacts. Humans influence both, and thus one needs to take human agency into account. This paper focuses on the effects of human actions in the intervention and its associated hydrological research, as these effects have not yet been discussed explicitly in a systematic way. In this paper, we propose a systematic planning, based on evaluating three hydrological research projects in small-scale water intervention projects in Vietnam, Kenya, and Indonesia. The main purpose of the three projects was to understand the functioning of interventions in their hydrological contexts. Aiming for better decision-making on hydrological research in small-scale water intervention projects, we propose two analysis steps: (1) being prepared for surprises and (2) cost-benefit analysis. By performing the two analyses continuously throughout a small-scale hydrological intervention based project, effective hydrological research can be achieved. Subject OA-Fund TU Delft To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0fb0d8f9-9e2d-4aa4-8cc1-c3dd2216365e Publisher European Geosciences Union (EGU) ISSN 1812-2108 Source http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/12/9489/2015/ Source Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 12, 2015 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2015 The Author(s) 2015CC Attribution 3.0 License Files PDF Pramana_2015.pdf 7.45 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:0fb0d8f9-9e2d-4aa4-8cc1-c3dd2216365e/datastream/OBJ/view