Unit three - Governance. [Training/Course material]

This unit provides an introduction to the key concepts, challenges, perspectives and issues associated with the governance of water resources. Section 1 presents an introduction to the specific challenges of managing water and the issues that frame institutional and policy responses to water resourc...

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Autores principales: Giordano, Mark, Varma, Samyuktha
Formato: Training Material
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39093
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description This unit provides an introduction to the key concepts, challenges, perspectives and issues associated with the governance of water resources. Section 1 presents an introduction to the specific challenges of managing water and the issues that frame institutional and policy responses to water resource governance. Section 2 introduces local and community scale water governance systems as a way to improve the access, efficiency and distribution of water through the active participation of water users. It uses the case of Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) to highlight important issues in local water governance. Section 3 evaluates the limitations of local governance and introduces alternative and complementary mechanisms designed to address those limitations by operating at 'higher' scales. It examines how the simultaneous use of governance mechanisms across scales can take advantage of each mechanism's positive attributes while overcoming its limitations. Section 4 examines how factors beyond the water sector including trade policy, increasing appreciation for the environment and urbanisation impact water governance. The section thus highlights how successful water governance requires a broad understanding of not only water but the larger political economy in which water is used.
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spelling CGSpace390932021-10-08T05:41:37Z Unit three - Governance. [Training/Course material] Giordano, Mark Varma, Samyuktha water governance water policy institutions collective action irrigation management participatory management farmer participation water users associations agricultural policy water reuse This unit provides an introduction to the key concepts, challenges, perspectives and issues associated with the governance of water resources. Section 1 presents an introduction to the specific challenges of managing water and the issues that frame institutional and policy responses to water resource governance. Section 2 introduces local and community scale water governance systems as a way to improve the access, efficiency and distribution of water through the active participation of water users. It uses the case of Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) to highlight important issues in local water governance. Section 3 evaluates the limitations of local governance and introduces alternative and complementary mechanisms designed to address those limitations by operating at 'higher' scales. It examines how the simultaneous use of governance mechanisms across scales can take advantage of each mechanism's positive attributes while overcoming its limitations. Section 4 examines how factors beyond the water sector including trade policy, increasing appreciation for the environment and urbanisation impact water governance. The section thus highlights how successful water governance requires a broad understanding of not only water but the larger political economy in which water is used. 2009 2014-06-13T13:04:32Z 2014-06-13T13:04:32Z Training Material https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39093 en Limited Access Giordano, Mark; Varma, Samyuktha. 2009. Unit three - Governance. [Training/Course material]. In Smith, L. (Ed.). C126 - Water resources management. 10 units. [Training/Course material]. London, UK: University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 30p.
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water policy
institutions
collective action
irrigation management
participatory management
farmer participation
water users associations
agricultural policy
water reuse
Giordano, Mark
Varma, Samyuktha
Unit three - Governance. [Training/Course material]
title Unit three - Governance. [Training/Course material]
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title_fullStr Unit three - Governance. [Training/Course material]
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title_short Unit three - Governance. [Training/Course material]
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topic water governance
water policy
institutions
collective action
irrigation management
participatory management
farmer participation
water users associations
agricultural policy
water reuse
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