Determinants of community participation in a watershed development program in Southern Ethiopia

Gamo, Bereket Roba; Habebo, Teshale Woldeamanuel; Mekonnen, Genene Tsegaye; Park, Duk‐Byeong

doi:10.1080/15575330.2021.1946576

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“…They include community engagement, community capacity building, community organizing, asset-based community development, and so on. Following Rahman et al [69], Roba Gamo et al [70], and Dova et al [71], we use rural community service institutions to measure community development.…”

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How Does Sustainable Rural Tourism Cause Rural Community Development?

Gao

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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Rural tourism has been developing vigorously, and rural community functions are becoming diversified in China. Therefore, this paper takes China as an example to explore how sustainable rural tourism affects rural community development in the long and short run over the period 1994–2020. Sustainable rural tourism can be measured using two indicators: total rural tourism revenue and number of rural tourists. Rural community development is measured by the number of rural community service institutions. Then, by incorporating other variables and using the autoregressive distributed lag bounds co-integration technique to perform an empirical analysis, we found that, whether in the long or short run, sustainable rural tourism always plays a positive and significant role in promoting rural community development. In particular, in the long run, rural infrastructure construction, rural ecological environment, agricultural fiscal expenditure, agricultural technological progress, and rural human capital are identified as the major forces behind rural community development. Meanwhile, in the short run, rural infrastructure construction, rural ecological environment, agricultural fiscal expenditure, agricultural technological progress, and rural human capital are also major drivers of rural community development. This paper contributes to the current literature by filling in the existing gaps in several aspects.

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How Does Sustainable Rural Tourism Cause Rural Community Development?

Gao

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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“…Watershed intervention projects (WIPs) are conducted with the primary goal of mitigating flood damage, promoting soil conservation in alignment with ecological balance, and ultimately enhancing the quality of life for watershed residents. The success of such projects depends significantly on the way and extent of people's participation (Bagdi & Kurothe 2014; Davudirad et al 2021;Guleria et al 2021;Roba Gamo et al 2021;Noor et al 2022;Salehpour Jam & Mosaffaie 2023). Over the past decades, natural resources in Iran have experienced severe degradation (Razzaghi Borkhani et al 2023;Savari & Khaleghi 2023a, 2024, with an average annual soil erosion and sediment yield of approximately 7 and 15 t ha À1 , respectively (Sadeghi & Hazbavi 2022).…”

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“…The imperative for people's participation in IWM and sustainable development is widely acknowledged (Buono et al 2012). Consequently, IWM must transition from expert-driven policy-making to collaborative management involving the participation of all stakeholders in decision-making processes (Roba Gamo et al 2021). Experience from various countries reveals that government-led activities in soil conservation and watershed management alone are not sufficient.…”

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“…Numerous researchers have explored PPBs in SCWMPs from diverse aspects (Dolisca et al 2006;Faham et al 2008;Bagdi & Kurothe 2014;Davudirad et al 2021;Guleria et al 2021;Roba Gamo et al 2021;Noor et al 2022). These studies can be categorized based on three key aspects: the analysis method employed, the local people or experts interviewed, and the indicators associated with the questionnaire.…”

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“…In addition, the literature review reveals that, apart from several indicators, certain previous studies Finally, an exhaustive literature review highlights that these studies have delved into critical factors influencing the participation of all stakeholders. Nevertheless, the outcomes of these investigations predominantly emanate from either the perspective of local residents (Bagherian et al 2009;Mohammadi Golrang et al 2017;Powlen & Jones 2019;Roba Gamo et al 2021;Noor et al 2022) or experts (Jamshidi & Amini 2013;Salehpour Jam et al 2017;Mosaffaie et al 2021). The simultaneous evaluation of both expert and locals perspectives has been a seldom-explored aspect in these studies.…”

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Barriers to people's participation in watershed intervention projects: perspectives of experts and local communities

Noor,

Tabe,

Salehpour Jam

et al. 2024

AQUA — Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society

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The present study aimed to identify and prioritize people's participation barriers (PPBs) in watershed intervention projects (WIPs), considering the perspectives of both experts and local people in the Dastgerd watershed, Iran. Thirteen important PPBs in the implementation of WIPs were identified in the study. The findings indicated that a lack of participatory guidelines, an expert-oriented decision-making process, and a deficiency in economic incentives during the implementation of WIPs constituted the most crucial PPBs. In addition, according to the two-sample Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, there is a significant difference in the perspectives of the two groups regarding the importance of 60% of PPBs. The biggest differences were observed concerning the two barriers of ‘ignoring people's benefit from the project’ and ‘lack of people consultation and attention to their suggestions’. Given the substantial impact of expert opinions on policy-making in watersheds, any misconceptions they hold regarding barriers and incentives for people's participation can lead to adverse outcomes in the planning of soil and water conservation projects. To address this issue, the establishment of think tanks and the facilitation of brainstorming sessions play a pivotal role in fostering mutual understanding, aligning the perspectives of local people and experts, and making informed decisions to overcome challenges.

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