Why is state-centered groundwater governance largely ineffective?: a review
Faced with severe groundwater depletion, many governments have opted to increase the power of the state. Despite calls for more inclusive governance and a role for groundwater users, modes of governance have tended to continue to rely on a diversity of policy tools and state-run strategies in the at...
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| author | Molle, Francois Closas, Alvar |
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| description | Faced with severe groundwater depletion, many governments have opted to increase the power of the state. Despite calls for more inclusive governance and a role for groundwater users, modes of governance have tended to continue to rely on a diversity of policy tools and state-run strategies in the attempt to control groundwater (over)abstraction. Yet, around the world, the performance of state-centered governance has remained dismal. Beyond common difficulties in terms of data and financial or human resources, this article analyzes in greater depth the limited effectiveness of state groundwater policies that has been observed, emphasizing its political ramifications. The various aspects of weak monitoring and enforcement, as well as of the infamous “lack of political will,” are considered from the perspective of the political economy of groundwater economies. Cases of relative success are then used to identify favorable drivers and contexts for effective state-centered groundwater governance. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1063512024-05-01T08:19:51Z Why is state-centered groundwater governance largely ineffective?: a review Molle, Francois Closas, Alvar monitoring regulations political aspects corruption legal aspects conflicts bureaucracy water use groundwater management water governance state intervention water policy aquifers Faced with severe groundwater depletion, many governments have opted to increase the power of the state. Despite calls for more inclusive governance and a role for groundwater users, modes of governance have tended to continue to rely on a diversity of policy tools and state-run strategies in the attempt to control groundwater (over)abstraction. Yet, around the world, the performance of state-centered governance has remained dismal. Beyond common difficulties in terms of data and financial or human resources, this article analyzes in greater depth the limited effectiveness of state groundwater policies that has been observed, emphasizing its political ramifications. The various aspects of weak monitoring and enforcement, as well as of the infamous “lack of political will,” are considered from the perspective of the political economy of groundwater economies. Cases of relative success are then used to identify favorable drivers and contexts for effective state-centered groundwater governance. 2020-01 2019-12-31T09:28:20Z 2019-12-31T09:28:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106351 en Limited Access Wiley Molle, F.; Closas, Alvar. 2020. Why is state-centered groundwater governance largely ineffective?: a review. WIREs Water 7:e1395. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1395 |
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| title | Why is state-centered groundwater governance largely ineffective?: a review |
| title_full | Why is state-centered groundwater governance largely ineffective?: a review |
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| title_short | Why is state-centered groundwater governance largely ineffective?: a review |
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| topic | monitoring regulations political aspects corruption legal aspects conflicts bureaucracy water use groundwater management water governance state intervention water policy aquifers |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106351 |
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