Moving beyond Integrated Water Resources Management: Developmental Water Management in South Africa

This article traces the history of integrated water resources management (IWRM) in South Africa since the 1970s. It examines IWRM according to its three common pillars, which are also reflected in South Africa's National Water Act: economic efficiency, environmental sustainability, and equity. The a...

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Autores principales: van Koppen, Barbara, Schreiner, B.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Informa UK Limited 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75850
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description This article traces the history of integrated water resources management (IWRM) in South Africa since the 1970s. It examines IWRM according to its three common pillars, which are also reflected in South Africa's National Water Act: economic efficiency, environmental sustainability, and equity. The article highlights how the principles of economic efficiency and the environment as a user in its own right emerged under apartheid, while equity was only included in the post-1994 water policies, with evolving influence on the other two principles. In 2013, the Department of Water Affairs overcame the widely documented flaws of IWRM by adopting developmental water management as its water resource management approach, aligning with the political and socio-economic goals of South Africa's democratic developmental state.
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spelling CGSpace758502024-03-22T10:24:39Z Moving beyond Integrated Water Resources Management: Developmental Water Management in South Africa van Koppen, Barbara Schreiner, B. water resources water management This article traces the history of integrated water resources management (IWRM) in South Africa since the 1970s. It examines IWRM according to its three common pillars, which are also reflected in South Africa's National Water Act: economic efficiency, environmental sustainability, and equity. The article highlights how the principles of economic efficiency and the environment as a user in its own right emerged under apartheid, while equity was only included in the post-1994 water policies, with evolving influence on the other two principles. In 2013, the Department of Water Affairs overcame the widely documented flaws of IWRM by adopting developmental water management as its water resource management approach, aligning with the political and socio-economic goals of South Africa's democratic developmental state. 2014-07-03 2016-06-24T06:10:00Z 2016-06-24T06:10:00Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75850 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited van Koppen, B. and Schreiner, B. 2014. Moving beyond Integrated Water Resources Management: Developmental Water Management in South Africa. Journal of Water Resources Management 30(3): 543-558.
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van Koppen, Barbara
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Moving beyond Integrated Water Resources Management: Developmental Water Management in South Africa
title Moving beyond Integrated Water Resources Management: Developmental Water Management in South Africa
title_full Moving beyond Integrated Water Resources Management: Developmental Water Management in South Africa
title_fullStr Moving beyond Integrated Water Resources Management: Developmental Water Management in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Moving beyond Integrated Water Resources Management: Developmental Water Management in South Africa
title_short Moving beyond Integrated Water Resources Management: Developmental Water Management in South Africa
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water management
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