What is Public Participation in Water Resources Management and Why is it Important?

Priscoli, Jerome Delli

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“…At the same time, it must be noted that considerable advice has been created either in the form of practical guidelines for the managers of participation processes (e.g., Creighton 2005), numerous case study examples (Carr and Halvorsen 2001, Webler and Tuler 2001, Beierle and Cayford 2002, Klinke 2009), elaborations of the concept of participation (e.g., Arnstein 1969, Pateman 1970, Mostert 2003, Delli Priscoli 2004, Newig 2005, or in the form of research that usually focuses on the question of what are the criteria of "good" or "effective" participation processes (e.g., Rowe and Frewer 2000, Beierle and Cayford 2002, Dietz and Stern 2008. Despite these achievements, the question of which participatory approach to choose in which particular setting or context remains very much on the agenda (Rosenhead andMingers 2001, Rowe et al 2004).…”

Section: Question 2: Research On Implementation Of Participation Overmentioning

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Implementing Participatory Water Management: Recent Advances in Theory, Practice, and Evaluation

Korff¹,

Daniell²,

Moellenkamp³

et al. 2012

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ABSTRACT. Many current water planning and management problems are riddled with high levels of complexity, uncertainty, and conflict, so-called "messes" or "wicked problems." The realization that there is a need to consider a wide variety of values, knowledge, and perspectives in a collaborative decision making process has led to a multitude of new methods and processes being proposed to aid water planning and management, which include participatory forms of modeling, planning, and decision aiding processes. However, despite extensive scientific discussions, scholars have largely been unable to provide satisfactory responses to two pivotal questions: (1) What are the benefits of using participatory approaches?; (2) How exactly should these approaches be implemented in complex social-ecological settings to realize these potential benefits? In the study of developing social-ecological system sustainability, the first two questions lead to a third one that extends beyond the one-time application of participatory approaches for water management: (3) How can participatory approaches be most appropriately used to encourage transition to more sustainable ecological, social, and political regimes in different cultural and spatial contexts? The answer to this question is equally open. This special feature on participatory water management attempts to propose responses to these three questions by outlining recent advances in theory, practice, and evaluation related to the implementation of participatory water management. The feature is largely based on an extensive range of case studies that have been implemented and analyzed by cross-disciplinary research teams in collaboration with practitioners, and in a number of cases in close cooperation with policy makers and other interested parties such as farmers, fishermen, environmentalists, and the wider public. Key Words: adaptive management, collaborative decision making, evaluation, interactive planning, participatory modeling, participatory research, process design, public participation, social learning, stakeholder participation, water resources management FOCUS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE SPECIAL FEATUREMany current water planning and management problems are riddled with high levels of complexity, uncertainty, and conflict, so-called "messes" (Ackoff 1979) or "wicked problems" (Rittel and Webber 1973). These problems are increasingly encountered in the public policy sphere as resources become scarce, conflicts between water users and interest groups proliferate, and the ecological and social aspects of water planning become more prominent. As a result, it is increasingly rare that technical water managers have sufficient decision making authority and capacity to implement plans and water management actions by themselves. Furthermore, the realization that there is a need to consider a wide variety of values, knowledge, and perspectives in a collaborative decision making process has led to a multitude of new methods and processes being proposed to aid water planning and managem...

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Section: Question 2: Research On Implementation Of Participation Overmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implementing Participatory Water Management: Recent Advances in Theory, Practice, and Evaluation

Korff¹,

Daniell²,

Moellenkamp³

et al. 2012

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129

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“…In this new format, the 'consensus of the governed' is expected to emerge through procedural exercises such as those of public participation or, more broadly, social learning exercises that are open to those affected by decisions (i.e. Priscoli 2004, Pahl-Wostl et al 2007). …”

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False Promises: The contours, contexts and contestation of good water governance in Lao PDR and Alberta, Canada

Matthews¹,

Schmidt²

2014

International Journal of Water Governance

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“…A values approach to water governance does not resolve ethical dilemmas, but it improves our understanding of how and why ethical issues are central to the task of adapting technical and political issues to changing patterns of water governance (Delli Priscoli 2004, Whiteley et al 2008. The Santa Fe case illustrates the larger challenge faced in global governance of giving a fair hearing to the multiple and often conflicting values that affect water in social-ecological systems, particularly in the face of climate change (Groenfeldt 2010).…”

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Ethics and Water Governance

Groenfeldt¹,

Schmidt²

2013

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ABSTRACT. Ethics and values are important dimensions of water governance. We show how a "values approach" contributes to an understanding of global water governance, and how it complements other perspectives on governance, namely management, institutional capacity, and social-ecological systems. We connect these other approaches to their own value systems and the ethical attitudes they engender. We then offer a way to explicitly incorporate, and where necessary adjudicate, competing value systems through a values-based approach to governance. A case of the Santa Fe River in New Mexico, USA illustrates how value systems are reflected in water policies and how these values affect governance priorities, such as in environmental flows. The values-based approach clarifies tacit values and creates space to align local values with those needed for effective water governance at the global level.

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What is Public Participation in Water Resources Management and Why is it Important?

Cited by 95 publications

References 2 publications

Implementing Participatory Water Management: Recent Advances in Theory, Practice, and Evaluation

Implementing Participatory Water Management: Recent Advances in Theory, Practice, and Evaluation

False Promises: The contours, contexts and contestation of good water governance in Lao PDR and Alberta, Canada

Ethics and Water Governance

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