wow-inequalities/02-data/intermediate/wos_sample/b44b67459e885caea68780469cbf2678-turner-benjamin-l./info.yaml

abstract: 'Agriculture-based irrigation communities of northern New Mexico have

  survived for centuries despite the arid environment in which they

  reside. These irrigation communities are threatened by regional

  population growth, urbanization, a changing demographic profile,

  economic development, climate change, and other factors. Within this

  context, we investigated the extent to which community resource

  management practices centering on shared resources (e.g., water for

  agricultural in the floodplains and grazing resources in the uplands)

  and mutualism (i.e., shared responsibility of local residents to

  maintaining traditional irrigation policies and upholding cultural and

  spiritual observances) embedded within the community structure influence

  acequia function. We used a system dynamics modeling approach as an

  interdisciplinary platform to integrate these systems, specifically the

  relationship between community structure and resource management. In

  this paper we describe the background and context of acequia communities

  in northern New Mexico and the challenges they face. We formulate a

  Dynamic Hypothesis capturing the endogenous feedbacks driving acequia

  community vitality. Development of the model centered on major

  stock-and-flow components, including linkages for hydrology, ecology,

  community, and economics. Calibration metrics were used for model

  evaluation, including statistical correlation of observed and predicted

  values and Theil inequality statistics. Results indicated that the model

  reproduced trends exhibited by the observed system. Sensitivity analyses

  of socio-cultural processes identified absentee decisions, cumulative

  income effect on time in agriculture, and land use preference due to

  time allocation, community demographic effect, effect of employment on

  participation, and farm size effect as key determinants of system

  behavior and response. Sensitivity analyses of biophysical parameters

  revealed that several key parameters (e.g., acres per animal unit or

  percentage of normal acequia ditch seepage) which created less variable

  system responses but which utilized similar pathways to that of the

  socio-cultural processes (e.g., socio-cultural or physical parameter

  change ! agricultural profit ! time in spent in agriculture ! effect on

  socio-cultural or physical processes). These processes also linked

  through acequia mutualism to create the greatest variability in system

  outputs compared to the remainder of tests. Results also point to the

  important role of community mutualism in sustaining linkages between

  natural and human systems that increase resilience to stressors. Future

  work will explore scenario development and testing, integration with

  upland and downstream models, and comparative analyses between acequia

  communities with distinct social and landscape characteristics.'
affiliation: 'Turner, BL (Corresponding Author), Texas A\&M Univ Kingsville, Dick
  \& Mary Lewis Coll Agr Nat Resources \& Human, 700 Univ Blvd,MSC 228, Kingsville,
  TX 78363 USA.

  Turner, Benjamin L., Texas A\&M Univ Kingsville, Dick \& Mary Lewis Coll Agr Nat
  Resources \& Human, 700 Univ Blvd,MSC 228, Kingsville, TX 78363 USA.

  Tidwell, Vincent, Sandia Natl Labs, POB 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA.

  Fernald, Alexander; Hurd, Brian; Boykin, Kenneth; Cibils, Andres, New Mexico State
  Univ, Coll Agr Consumer \& Environm Sci, POB 30003,MSC 3-1, Las Cruces, NM 88003
  USA.

  Rivera, Jose A., Ctr Reg Studies, MSC05 3020,1 Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  87131 USA.

  Rodriguez, Sylvia, Dept Anthropol, MSC01-1040,1 Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  87131 USA.

  Guldan, Steven, New Mexico State Univ, Sustainable Agr Sci Ctr Alcalde, 371 Cty
  Rd 40,POB 159, Alcalde, NM 87511 USA.

  Ochoa, Carlos, Oregon State Univ, Dept Anim \& Rangeland Sci, 124 Withycombe Hall,
  Corvallis, OR 97331 USA.'
article-number: '1019'
author: Turner, Benjamin L. and Tidwell, Vincent and Fernald, Alexander and Rivera,
  Jose A. and Rodriguez, Sylvia and Guldan, Steven and Ochoa, Carlos and Hurd, Brian
  and Boykin, Kenneth and Cibils, Andres
author-email: 'benjamin.turner@tamuk.edu

  vctidwe@sandia.gov

  afernald@nmsu.edu

  jrivera@unm.edu

  sylrodri@unm.edu

  sguldan@nmsu.edu

  carlos.ochoa@oregonstate.edu

  bhurd@nmsu.edu

  kboykin@nmsu.edu

  acibils@nmsu.edu'
author_list:
- family: Turner
  given: Benjamin L.
- family: Tidwell
  given: Vincent
- family: Fernald
  given: Alexander
- family: Rivera
  given: Jose A.
- family: Rodriguez
  given: Sylvia
- family: Guldan
  given: Steven
- family: Ochoa
  given: Carlos
- family: Hurd
  given: Brian
- family: Boykin
  given: Kenneth
- family: Cibils
  given: Andres
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3390/su8101019
eissn: 2071-1050
files: []
journal: SUSTAINABILITY
keywords: 'acequia irrigation; community sustainability; system dynamics; coupled

  natural-human systems; connected hydrologic-human systems; dynamic

  hypothesis; leverage points; model development; sensitivity analysis'
keywords-plus: WATER; SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; VALIDATION
language: English
month: OCT
number: '10'
number-of-cited-references: '55'
orcid-numbers: 'Boykin, Ken/0000-0001-6381-0463

  Ochoa, Carlos G/0000-0002-4958-919X'
papis_id: db6cfc9eb3a2db33a6e355f3fa25129d
ref: Turner2016modelingacequia
researcherid-numbers: 'Boykin, Ken/D-2863-2009

  '
times-cited: '29'
title: 'Modeling Acequia Irrigation Systems Using System Dynamics: Model Development,
  Evaluation, and Sensitivity Analyses to Investigate Effects of Socio-Economic and
  Biophysical Feedbacks'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000389314600059
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '44'
volume: '8'
web-of-science-categories: 'Green \& Sustainable Science \& Technology; Environmental
  Sciences;

  Environmental Studies'
year: '2016'