User participation in watershed management and research

Many watershed development projects around the world have performed poorly because they failed to take into account the needs, constraints, and practices of local people. Participatory watershed management -in which users help to define problems, set priorities, select technologies and policies, and...

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Autores principales: Johnson, Nancy L., Ravnborg, Helle Munk, Westermann, Olaf, Probst, Kirsten
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156733
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author Johnson, Nancy L.
Ravnborg, Helle Munk
Westermann, Olaf
Probst, Kirsten
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Probst, Kirsten
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description Many watershed development projects around the world have performed poorly because they failed to take into account the needs, constraints, and practices of local people. Participatory watershed management -in which users help to define problems, set priorities, select technologies and policies, and monitor and evaluate impacts -is expected to improve performance. User participation in watershed management raises new questions for watershed research, including how to design appropriate mechanisms for organizing stakeholders and facilitating collective action. Management of a complex system such as a watershed may also require user participation in the research process itself. An increasing number of watershed research projects are already participatory, however challenges remain to institutionalizing user participation in both watershed management and research.
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spelling CGSpace1567332025-01-10T06:37:47Z User participation in watershed management and research Johnson, Nancy L. Ravnborg, Helle Munk Westermann, Olaf Probst, Kirsten watersheds water use collectivization community involvement decision making multiple use Many watershed development projects around the world have performed poorly because they failed to take into account the needs, constraints, and practices of local people. Participatory watershed management -in which users help to define problems, set priorities, select technologies and policies, and monitor and evaluate impacts -is expected to improve performance. User participation in watershed management raises new questions for watershed research, including how to design appropriate mechanisms for organizing stakeholders and facilitating collective action. Management of a complex system such as a watershed may also require user participation in the research process itself. An increasing number of watershed research projects are already participatory, however challenges remain to institutionalizing user participation in both watershed management and research. 2001 2024-10-24T12:45:17Z 2024-10-24T12:45:17Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156733 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Johnson, Nancy L.; Ravnborg, Helle Munk; Westermann, Olaf; Probst, Kirsten. 2001. User participation in watershed management and research. CAPRi working paper 0019. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156733
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water use
collectivization
community involvement
decision making
multiple use
Johnson, Nancy L.
Ravnborg, Helle Munk
Westermann, Olaf
Probst, Kirsten
User participation in watershed management and research
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title_short User participation in watershed management and research
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topic watersheds
water use
collectivization
community involvement
decision making
multiple use
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156733
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