Community-based water law and water resource management reform in developing countries
Community-based water law and water resource management reform in developing countries [electronic resource]
Edited by B. van Koppen, M. Giordano, J. Butterworth.
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- WallingfordUK CABI 2007
- 279pp.;
- Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture .
- Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture .
The lack of sufficient access to clean water is a common problem faced by communities, efforts to alleviate poverty and gender inequality and improve economic growth in developing countries. While reforms have been implemented to manage water resources, these have taken little notice of how people use and manage their water and have had limited effect at the ground level. On the other hand, regulations developed within communities are livelihood-oriented and provide incentives for collective action but they can also be hierarchal, enforcing power and gender inequalities. This book shows how bringing together the strengths of community-based laws rooted in user participation and the formalized legal systems of the public sector, water management regimes will be more able to reach their goals.
9781845933272
10.1079/9781845933265.0000 doi
America community involvement Africa water policy water resources social participation Latin America water resource management water law water management Asia poverty citizen participation irrigation management
The lack of sufficient access to clean water is a common problem faced by communities, efforts to alleviate poverty and gender inequality and improve economic growth in developing countries. While reforms have been implemented to manage water resources, these have taken little notice of how people use and manage their water and have had limited effect at the ground level. On the other hand, regulations developed within communities are livelihood-oriented and provide incentives for collective action but they can also be hierarchal, enforcing power and gender inequalities. This book shows how bringing together the strengths of community-based laws rooted in user participation and the formalized legal systems of the public sector, water management regimes will be more able to reach their goals.
9781845933272
10.1079/9781845933265.0000 doi
America community involvement Africa water policy water resources social participation Latin America water resource management water law water management Asia poverty citizen participation irrigation management