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DOI	10.1007/s10113-020-01674-x
	Local participation in decentralized water governance: insights from north-central Namibia
	Hegga, Salma; Kunamwene, Irene; Ziervogel, Gina
通讯作者	Hegga, S
来源期刊	REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
ISSN	1436-3798
EISSN	1436-378X
出版年	2020
卷号	20 期号:3
英文摘要	Although several semi-arid African countries are decentralizing water services and attempting to increase the participation of local actors in water resource management, how effectively this is working, and whether it is improving water access, is not yet well researched. Little attention has been paid to the capacities (in terms of knowledge and resources) that local actors need to successfully influence the operation and management of water services they are made responsible for. In a qualitative study, we asked regional and local actors in the Omusati Region of north-central Namibia for their perspectives on how water reforms, initiated in the late 1990s, have impacted on their participation in water governance. Our analysis reveals that decentralized governance of water resources can be ineffective if governments do not allocate sufficient resources to support and enable local actors to participate efficiently and effectively in the governance system. In the context of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, achieving greater equity and efficiency in the water sector while reducing climate risk will require that local actors receive more support in return for fuller and more effective participation. We suggest that policy and practice around decentralized water governance pay more attention to building the capacities of local actors to absorb the responsibilities transferred to them.
英文关键词	Water governance Decentralization Participation Capacity building Namibia
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000562110800001
WOS关键词	CLIMATE ADAPTATION ; RIVER-BASIN ; MANAGEMENT ; CHALLENGE ; RESOURCES ; KNOWLEDGE ; FRAMEWORK
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/325785
作者单位	[Hegga, Salma; Kunamwene, Irene; Ziervogel, Gina] Univ Cape Town, African Climate & Dev Initiat, Cape Town, South Africa; [Ziervogel, Gina] Univ Cape Town, Dept Environm & Geog Sci, Cape Town, South Africa
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hegga, Salma,Kunamwene, Irene,Ziervogel, Gina. Local participation in decentralized water governance: insights from north-central Namibia[J],2020,20(3).
APA	Hegga, Salma,Kunamwene, Irene,&Ziervogel, Gina.(2020).Local participation in decentralized water governance: insights from north-central Namibia.REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE,20(3).
MLA	Hegga, Salma,et al."Local participation in decentralized water governance: insights from north-central Namibia".REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 20.3(2020).