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DESCRIPTION:PhD Oral Defence of Mi Lin\, Natural Resource Sciences\n\nThe w
 orldwide depletion of aquifers is a striking warning of the need to manage
  groundwater more sustainably. But groundwater management is dauntingly ch
 allenging with limited data and its complex connections to socio-ecologica
 l systems. The main goal of my thesis is to develop scientific knowledge a
 bout the spatio-temporal changes of groundwater storage and its socio-ecol
 ogical drivers in order to help foster sustainable management of groundwat
 er resources. I respectively used natural methods (e.g. geostatistics) and
  social methods (e.g. interviews and focus group discussions) to investiga
 te groundwater’s connection to biophysical and human world. Results showed
  that groundwater resource was accelerately depleted in the Yellow River B
 asin from 2003 to 2016\, but situations in finer-scale (e.g. provincial) r
 egions may differ. Human activities was the main driver of recent temporal
  changes of groundwater resource\, but the culprit of groundwater depletio
 n may not always be overextraction. Lopsided plans without system thinking
  may also trigger problems. Recognizing different voices of stakeholders m
 ay help to address the problems by fostering adaptive governance of ground
 water. Overall\, the thesis provides improved knowledge on groundwater man
 agement that helps to sustain human livelihoods in the long run\, especial
 ly in the face of increasing environmental uncertainties such as climate c
 hange.\n\nEveryone in the McGill community is welcome to attend a PhD Oral
  Defence. Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of our PhD can
 didates.\n
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LOCATION:MS2-022\, Macdonald-Stewart Building\, CA\, QC\, St Anne de Bellev
 ue\, H9X 3V9\, 21111 Lakeshore Road
SUMMARY:PhD Oral Defence: Spatio-temporal changes of groundwater and its ma
 nagement in the Yellow River Basin\, China
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/channels/event/phd-oral-defence-spatio-
 temporal-changes-groundwater-and-its-management-yellow-river-basin-china-3
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