The role of institutional actors and their interactions in the land use policy making process in Ethiopia
| Autor: | Jasper van Vliet, Peter H. Verburg, Adenew Taffa Ariti |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Earth and Climate, Environmental Geography |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Sustainable land management
Administrative levels Environmental Engineering Process (engineering) media_common.quotation_subject 0208 environmental biotechnology Land use policy Natural resource management 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals Policy Making Waste Management and Disposal SDG 15 - Life on Land 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Public economics Land use Constitution Citizen journalism Land-use planning General Medicine Awareness Land use planning Land governance 020801 environmental engineering Work (electrical) Ethiopia Health Facilities Science for Sustainability Business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Management, 237, 235-246. Academic Press Inc. Ariti, A T, van Vliet, J & Verburg, P H 2019, ' The role of institutional actors and their interactions in the land use policy making process in Ethiopia ', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 237, pp. 235-246 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.059 |
| ISSN: | 0301-4797 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.059 |
| Popis: | This study investigates the role of the different institutional actors involved in the development and implementation of land use policies in the Ethiopian Rift Valley. The work is based on interviews with key informants from different administrative levels and these results are compared to the relevant policy documents. While the constitution prescribes a participatory policy development process, our results show that in reality policies are made at the highest level and implemented in a top-down approach from the higher to the lower administrative levels. Moreover, the institutional network mainly consists of institutions that are hierarchically linked, while horizontal and diagonal relations are less common and less important. Consistently, higher level institutions are mostly involved in the development of land use policies, while the roles of lower level institutions are predominantly in the implementation thereof. This lack of participation by lower level institutions, in addition to a lack of capacity and absence of clear institutional mandates, hampers the effectiveness of land use policies. Our results also provide suggestions to improve the development, communication, and eventually the acceptability of land use policies towards sustainable land management. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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