Local participation in decentralized water governance: insights from north-central Namibia
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DOI: 10.1007/s10113-020-01674-x
Abstract: Although several semi-arid African countries are decentralizing water services and attempting to increase the participation of local actors in water resource management, how effectively this is working, and whether it is improving water access, is… read more here.
Keywords: participation; water; water governance; governance ... See more keywords
Water Justice and Integrated Water Resources Management: Constitutionality Processes Favoring Sustainable Water Governance in Mexico
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DOI: 10.1007/s10745-017-9958-6
Abstract: This research analyzes four ongoing water conflicts in Jalisco state, Mexico, through the lens of constitutionality. Constitutionality refers to a bottom-up institution building process based on the activation of emic perceptions of people who are… read more here.
Keywords: sustainable water; water; water justice; water governance ... See more keywords
Archetypical barriers to adapting water governance in river basins to climate change
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DOI: 10.1017/s1744137417000509
Abstract: Abstract Can we explain barriers to adaptation of collective action to changes in the natural environment? One reason for adaptation is the impacts of climate change. Ample case study evidence shows that such adaptation is… read more here.
Keywords: governance river; change; water governance; climate change ... See more keywords
Functions of OECD Water Governance Principles in assessing water governance practices: assessing the Dutch Flood Protection Programme
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DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2018.1402607
Abstract: ABSTRACT The OECD Principles on Water Governance aim to contribute to good water governance. Learning and change through assessments are useful ways to strengthen water governance systems. This article presents a methodology for a learning… read more here.
Keywords: methodology; water; oecd principles; dutch flood ... See more keywords
The evolution of water governance in France from the 1960s: disputes as major drivers for radical changes within a consensual framework
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DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2018.1403013
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper provides a synthetic presentation of French water governance and its evolution since the 1960s. Through this French experience, it discusses the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) water governance cycle showing… read more here.
Keywords: evolution; framework; water; water governance ... See more keywords
Stakeholder engagement in water governance as social learning: lessons from practice
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DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2018.1403083
Abstract: ABSTRACT The OECD Principles on Water Governance set out various requirements for stakeholder engagement. Coupled with conceptualizations of social learning, this article asks how we define and enact stakeholder engagement and explores the actual practice… read more here.
Keywords: stakeholder engagement; water governance; social learning;
Mapping and navigating ontologies in water governance: the case of the Ganges
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DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2020.1812268
Abstract: ABSTRACT The foregrounding of economic interests to the exclusion of broadly termed ‘cultural’ interests in water governance has been challenged by the grant of legal personality to rivers, including the Ganges. In this article, we… read more here.
Keywords: water; case; water governance; ontologies water ... See more keywords
Rainproof cities in the Netherlands: approaches in Dutch water governance to climate-adaptive urban planning
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DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2017.1372273
Abstract: Abstract Due to increasingly frequent incidents of pluvial flooding of public spaces and private properties, climate-adaptive building and urban water management are gaining momentum in Dutch water governance. This study assesses the Dutch approach to… read more here.
Keywords: water; climate adaptive; dutch water; water governance ... See more keywords
State-of-the-art review of transboundary water governance in the Euphrates–Tigris river basin
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DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2017.1408458
Abstract: Abstract This article reviews the state of the art of transboundary water governance in the Euphrates–Tigris river basin, which is characterized by both political confrontation and cooperative institutional development. First, research on the physical characteristics… read more here.
Keywords: state; transboundary water; water; water governance ... See more keywords
A decade of work on water governance at the OECD: what have we learnt?
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DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2019.1686344
Abstract: ABSTRACT Our societies, economic systems and collective well-being depend on water security and access to water services. Yet, megatrends related to climate change, urbanization and demography are likely to generate more uncertainty about water availability… read more here.
Keywords: water; governance oecd; decade work; work water ... See more keywords
China’s achievements of water governance over the past seven decades
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DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2019.1709422
Abstract: ABSTRACT Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, great achievements have been made by China in all aspects of water governance. Besides water conservancy projects, a water resources management system with… read more here.
Keywords: water; china achievements; water governance; achievements water ... See more keywords