Min Hyung KIM, PhD student, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. PhDay presentation slides. Current research and preliminary results.

1. Min Hyung KIM
PhD student at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Supervisor: Dr. Lucia De Stefano
Departamento de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología
PhDay presentation date: 6th of October, 2020

2. International scientific reports and regional policy guidance examples:
 IPCC reports on climate change and freshwater.
 The Common implementation strategy for the water framework directive
(2000/60/EC) Guidance document No.24. River basin management in
changing climate.
Climate change in water planning
 Scientific knowledge and uncertainty.
 Pertinent social needs and perceptions.
 Political or/and scientific?

3. Preliminary title:
Climate change and public participation processes for water planning:
Case study of Guadalquivir river basin
First author: Min Hyung Kim (PhD Student, UCM), Co-authors: Dr. Lucia De Stefano (UCM),
Dr. Belén Pedregal (Universidad de Sevilla)
Research questions:
 How is the climate change represented in the official documents for public participation
processes during the 1st cycle hydrological planning (2009 - 2015) of the Water
Framework Directive Implementation at the Guadalquivir River Basin in Spain?
 How is the knowledge for the consideration of climate change constructed?
 What is the role of the scientific/ expert knowledge and uncertainty in this process?
 How are social needs depicted in this process?

4. Map out the themes on climate change consideration in the water
planning.
Examine how knowledge is constructed on climate change during
the public participation processes.
Identify implications for a better participatory water policy making
under the uncertainties.

5. Guadalquivir River Basin, Spain
• To implement the Water
Framework Directive (WFD)
Spanish river basins aim to
achieve environmental
objectives through public
participation processes.
• Guadalquivir River Basin
District (GRBD) has:
 High stakes and complexities
of stakeholders’ needs.
 Ecological richness and
diversity.
 Intensifying water demands.
 Aggravating climate change
related challenges.
Source: Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir. La Demarcación Hidrográfica
del Guadalquivir: Ámbito territorial. Retrieved 24 Aug 2020 from
https://www.chguadalquivir.es/la-demarcacion-hidrografica-del-guadalquivir

6. Grounded theory (GT)
Key steps in GT coding (Charmaz, 2006):
Data analysed to date:
Official and open web
document of stakeholders’
comments to the 1st cycle
draft plan and the authority’s
responses.
Informe sobre el proceso de
consulta pública del
documento: Propuesta de
Proyecto de Plan Hidrológico
de la Demarcación
Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir
(Sept. 2012).
Thematic analysis (TA)
Currently considering and applying
TA method for further studies. To
be decided.

7. o Climate change effects quantification:
 The GRBD: Commissioned a study to a local university  Absence of a region - specific result for
quantification of the climate change effects  To apply reduction coefficient (8%) on natural runoff due to
climate change effects on water resources.
 Some stakeholders question the basis of the quantification (i.e. short or long-term?). Some request more
updated scientific information on the climate change effects
o Perceptions of climate change effects:
A number of NGOs noted the followings:
 Climate change is underestimated in the plan. Consideration for diverse climate change scenarios and a
wider scope of application is necessary (e.g. Programme of measures, objective definitions, monitoring
and control).
 Climate change related pressures are both present now and in the future.
o On interests related to climate change:
Climate change is mentioned as a reason to request their needs by some stakeholders.
 Some irrigation communities: Seek cost recovery exceptions for the climate change caused negative
impacts.
 Several solar energy industries: Seek special consideration in the plan for the need of renewable energy
industries as they form a part of the national effort against climate change threats.

8. Climate change
discourse in the
Guadalquivir river
basin participatory
water planning
To examine the patterns of
how climate change is
represented in the data.
Study how the knowledge on
climate change is constructed
from the data and what it
means for water policy-
making
Conclusion and next steps

9. Books and journals:
Bowen, G.A. (2006). Grounded Theory and Sensitizing Concepts. International Journal of Qualitative
Methods 2006, 5(3).
Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing grounded theory: A practical guide through qualitative analysis.
London: SAGE Publications.
Goulding, C. (2002). Grounded theory: A practical guide for management, business and market
researchers. London: SAGE Publications.
Porter, T. M. (1995). Trust in Numbers the Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life. New
Jersey: Princeton University Press.
Websites:
Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir: Ámbito territorial. La Demarcación Hidrográfica del
Guadalquivir. Retrieved 15 July 2020 from https://www.chguadalquivir.es/la-demarcacion-hidrografica-
del-guadalquivir
Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir. Demarcación hidrográfica del Guadalquivir. Retrieved 20
July 2020 from https://www.chguadalquivir.es/demarcacion-hidrografica-guadalquivir