Water governance and poverty

Abstract

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Learning for Transformation of Water Governance: Reflections on Design from the Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance (CADWAGO) Project

“…This viewpoint also draws on traditions of design thinking that build on reflective practice which was much influenced by Donald Schön who drew out many assumptions about practitioners and their learning processes and, for instance, distinguished between reflection-in-action and reflection on action [72,73]. In considering what insights were gained from the CADWAGO project's fourth work package we follow and build on the insights of many others (including Ison [29], Wenger [31], Woodhill [67], Coyne and Snodgrass [71], Schön [72], and Franks and Cleaver [1]) to suggest that, from a theoretical point of view, 'design for governance learning' is concerned with involvement in activity that translates human knowing, social technologies and aspiration into form both for and through purposeful and emergent learning that provides insights into new ways for society to organise itself and manage its activities. This call for 'new ways' suggests 'doing things differently' which is consistent with transformation rather than just 'doing things better' which would be more consistent with more incremental change.…”

“…Water governance means different things to different people, depending on whether the act of governing is seen as about guiding, directing, ruling and/or valuing water. Franks and Cleaver,([1] p. 291) suggest that "Governance provides a way of conceptualizing [the] emerging network of relationships between different sectors and interests in society enabling us to analyse how governments, the public and private sectors, civil society, citizens groups and individual citizens forge networks and linkages to provide new ways for society to order itself and manage its affairs." Their focus on emerging networks and linkages recognises the dynamic nature of governance and its context.…”

A global meta-analysis on the monetary valuation of dryland ecosystem services: The role of socio-economic, environmental and methodological indicators

“…As a result, they become more dependent on the production of their land and, hence, appreciate it more than other, less intensively managed types of land use. This effect is illustrated by the trade-off that occurs between roaming pastoralists and sedentary crop farmers, asin order to convert rangeland into cultivated landinvestment in (supplemental) irrigation is needed due to the relative scarcity of water in drylands (Breusers et al, 1998;Franks and Cleaver, 2007).…”

Implementing the Water Framework Directive and Tackling Diffuse Pollution from Agriculture: Lessons from England and Scotland

“…This paper focuses on the governance structures put in place by EU Member States (MSs) to show how these were more or less conducive to effective policies to reduce diffuse pollution from nutrients and pesticides, an issue that remains understudied [11]. We use the terms governance structures and arrangements interchangeably to refer to the creation of institutions and the allocation of responsibilities and resources to specific policy actors with decision-making powers linked to specific goals [12]. In the context of EU environmental policies, national governance arrangements involve the interaction of policymakers and policy actors at different institutional levels [13][14][15].…”