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Barriers in Participative Water Governance: A Critical Analysis of Community Development Approaches

dc.date.accessioned2022-04-26T13:30:46Z
dc.date.available2022-04-26T13:30:46Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-28
dc.identifierdoi:10.17170/kobra-202204216058
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13790
dc.description.sponsorshipGefördert durch den Publikationsfonds der Universität Kasselger
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.rightsNamensnennung 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectsocial trusteng
dc.subjectcommunity-based water management projects (CBWM)eng
dc.subjectclimate changeeng
dc.subjectmicro-political dynamicseng
dc.subjectcommon-pool resourceseng
dc.subjectexit strategyeng
dc.subjectIndiaeng
dc.subjectTurkeyeng
dc.subjectSri Lankaeng
dc.subject.ddc320
dc.titleBarriers in Participative Water Governance: A Critical Analysis of Community Development Approacheseng
dc.typeAufsatz
dcterms.abstractParticipatory approaches within development programs involving common-pool resources are intended to revive a community’s role in managing these resources. Certainly, to ensure the successful and equitable use of such resources, community participation is essential. However, in many cases, attempts at applying a participatory approach often fail to genuinely engage all subgroups within a community due to assumptions of homogeneity and a lack of understanding of the deep socio-political divisions between people. As a result, development programs can be plagued by these pre-existing power relations, potentially resulting in tokenistic community participation and the continuation of elite capture of natural resources to the same extent or worse than before a development program has begun. This in turn can negatively impact good governance and the fair distribution of a common pool resource. This paper explores the use of participatory approaches in water projects, assessing to what degree power relationships impact water management programs. Using a qualitative approach, the paper identifies key challenges of participatory water governance through case studies from Turkey, India, and Sri Lanka, exploring: lack of social trust, elite capture of participatory processes, power heterogeneity and imbalances at the micro-level, and a lack of inclusive participation in decision-making. Based on the analysis of these case studies, this paper argues that it is essential for participatory development interventions to understand socio-political power relations within a community—an inherently complex and contested space. The so-called “exit strategy” of a community project play a key role to decide the project sustainability that grants the “community ownership” of the project. Such an understanding can bring about greater success in development interventions attempting to address water-related issues.eng
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
dcterms.creatorShunglu, Raghav
dcterms.creatorKöpke, Sören
dcterms.creatorKanoi, Lav
dcterms.creatorNissanka, Thushantha S.
dcterms.creatorWithanachchi, Chandana Rohana
dcterms.creatorGamage, Deepika U.
dcterms.creatorDissanayake, Hansani R.
dcterms.creatorKibaroglu, Aysegul
dcterms.creatorÜnver, Olcay
dcterms.creatorWithanachchi, Sisira Saddhamangala
dc.relation.doidoi:10.3390/w14050762
dc.subject.swdIndienger
dc.subject.swdTürkeiger
dc.subject.swdSri Lankager
dc.subject.swdVertrauenger
dc.subject.swdWasserwirtschaftger
dc.subject.swdKlimaänderungger
dc.subject.swdMikropolitikger
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dcterms.source.identifiereissn:2073-4441
dcterms.source.issueIssue 5
dcterms.source.journalWatereng
dcterms.source.volumeVolume 14
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dcterms.source.articlenumber2217


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