Evolution of water management in coastal Bangladesh: from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community-managed polders
This article examines the historical evolution of participatory water management in coastal Bangladesh. Three major shifts are identified: first, from indigenous local systems managed by landlords to centralized government agencies in the 1960s; second, from top-down engineering solutions to small-s...
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| author | Dewan, C. Mukherji, A. Buisson, Marie-Charlotte |
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| description | This article examines the historical evolution of participatory water management in coastal Bangladesh. Three major shifts are identified: first, from indigenous local systems managed by landlords to centralized government agencies in the 1960s; second, from top-down engineering solutions to small-scale projects and people’s participation in the 1970s and 1980s; and third, towards depoliticized community-based water management since the 1990s. While donor requirements for community participation in water projects have resulted in the creation of ‘depoliticized’ water management organizations, there are now increasing demands for involvement of politically elected local government institutions in water management by local communities. |
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| spelling | CGSpace775172025-06-17T08:23:24Z Evolution of water management in coastal Bangladesh: from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community-managed polders Dewan, C. Mukherji, A. Buisson, Marie-Charlotte water management history decentralization coastal area natural resources management landowners state intervention governmental organizations local community empowerment This article examines the historical evolution of participatory water management in coastal Bangladesh. Three major shifts are identified: first, from indigenous local systems managed by landlords to centralized government agencies in the 1960s; second, from top-down engineering solutions to small-scale projects and people’s participation in the 1970s and 1980s; and third, towards depoliticized community-based water management since the 1990s. While donor requirements for community participation in water projects have resulted in the creation of ‘depoliticized’ water management organizations, there are now increasing demands for involvement of politically elected local government institutions in water management by local communities. 2015-04-16 2016-11-01T13:39:42Z 2016-11-01T13:39:42Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77517 en Open Access Informa UK Limited Dewan, C.; Mukherji, A.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte. 2015. Evolution of water management in coastal Bangladesh: from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community-managed polders. Water International, 40(3):401-416. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2015.1025196 |
| spellingShingle | water management history decentralization coastal area natural resources management landowners state intervention governmental organizations local community empowerment Dewan, C. Mukherji, A. Buisson, Marie-Charlotte Evolution of water management in coastal Bangladesh: from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community-managed polders |
| title | Evolution of water management in coastal Bangladesh: from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community-managed polders |
| title_full | Evolution of water management in coastal Bangladesh: from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community-managed polders |
| title_fullStr | Evolution of water management in coastal Bangladesh: from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community-managed polders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evolution of water management in coastal Bangladesh: from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community-managed polders |
| title_short | Evolution of water management in coastal Bangladesh: from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community-managed polders |
| title_sort | evolution of water management in coastal bangladesh from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community managed polders |
| topic | water management history decentralization coastal area natural resources management landowners state intervention governmental organizations local community empowerment |
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