Gender relations and water management in different eco-cultural contexts in Northern Thailand
| Autor: | Louis Lebel, Geeta Bhatrai Bastakoti, Ram C. Bastakoti, Songphonsak Ratanawilailak, Phimphakan Lebel, Patcharawalai Sriyasak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Economic growth
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Ecology business.industry Corporate governance Ethnic group 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Agrarian reform 01 natural sciences Water scarcity Geography Agriculture Upland and lowland Urbanization Socioeconomics business Agronomy and Crop Science Water use 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology. 11:228 |
| ISSN: | 1741-5004 1462-4605 |
| DOI: | 10.1504/ijarge.2015.074096 |
| Popis: | This paper assessed water management by households from three ethnic groups in two contrasting ecological settings (upland and lowland) in the Upper Ping River Basin in Northern Thailand. Important gender differences in the use and management of water were identified. Women are major users of water for agriculture in the uplands, but less so in the lowlands. In the lowlands irrigation is viewed as a masculine activity. In the uplands the role of women is more widely accepted, with women frequently being members of water user groups. Men, however, dominate 'decision-making' positions in community-based and state-led water organisations in both upland and lowland areas. Perceptions of contributions to daily tasks, and behavioural traits important to governance roles, differed between men and women, and sometimes also across eco-cultural contexts, underlining the complexity of factors influencing gender relations in water governance. |
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