Barriers in Participative Water Governance: A Critical Analysis of Community Development Approaches
| Autor: | Raghav Shunglu, Sören Köpke, Lav Kanoi, Thushantha S. Nissanka, Chandana R. Withanachchi, Deepika U. Gamage, Hansani R. Dissanayake, Aysegul Kibaroglu, Olcay Ünver, Sisira S. Withanachchi |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Kibaroğlu, Ayşegül |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Turkey community-based water management projects (CBWM) Geography Planning and Development common-pool resources India social trust micro-political dynamics Aquatic Science exit strategy Türkei Klimaänderung Biochemistry Wasserwirtschaft climate change Mikropolitik Sri Lanka Indien Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | Water; Volume 14; Issue 5; Pages: 762 |
| ISSN: | 2073-4441 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/w14050762 |
| Popis: | Participatory approaches within development programs involving common-pool resources are intended to revive a community’s role in managing these resources. Certainly, to ensure the successful and equitable use of such resources, community participation is essential. However, in many cases, attempts at applying a participatory approach often fail to genuinely engage all subgroups within a community due to assumptions of homogeneity and a lack of understanding of the deep socio-political divisions between people. As a result, development programs can be plagued by these pre-existing power relations, potentially resulting in tokenistic community participation and the continuation of elite capture of natural resources to the same extent or worse than before a development program has begun. This in turn can negatively impact good governance and the fair distribution of a common pool resource. This paper explores the use of participatory approaches in water projects, assessing to what degree power relationships impact water management programs. Using a qualitative approach, the paper identifies key challenges of participatory water governance through case studies from Turkey, India, and Sri Lanka, exploring: lack of social trust, elite capture of participatory processes, power heterogeneity and imbalances at the micro-level, and a lack of inclusive participation in decision-making. Based on the analysis of these case studies, this paper argues that it is essential for participatory development interventions to understand socio-political power relations within a community—an inherently complex and contested space. The so-called “exit strategy” of a community project play a key role to decide the project sustainability that grants the “community ownership” of the project. Such an understanding can bring about greater success in development interventions attempting to address water-related issues. WOS:000768070000001 2-s2.0-85125848976 Science Citation Index Expanded - Social Sciences Citation Index Q2 Article Uluslararası işbirliği ile yapılan - EVET March 2022 YÖK - 2021-22 Şubat |
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