Basinwide perspective: an approach to the design and analysis of institutions for unified river basin management

River basin commissions function primarily as service agencies for their state and federal agency members. Providing a forum for the expression of local interests is a subordinate function. Having no direct representation on river basin commissions, and being constrained by the institutional and program perspectives of the state agencies who represent their interests, local governments cannot fully express their distinet in-basin perspective and therefore cannot be fully integrated into the work and direction of the commissions. If basin constituencies want the benefits of comprehensive, coordinated basin management and adequate grass roots control over regional policy, then they may opt for river basin commissions or institutions like them if they can control them. A logical next step in the evolution of watershed management institutions is therefore to examine different means of representing general purpose local governments on river basin commissions. An approach is proposed to the design and analysis of unified watershed management institutions which emphasizes the positive, legitimate interests of both constituencies and the management agencies that serve them. Propositions are drawn from experience with regional water resources planning and coordination in the Connecticut River basin and in the Chesapeake Bay

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Main Authors: 76243 HARRISON, D.C., 2688 American Water Resources Association, Minnesota (EUA), 39086 Unified River Basin Management Symposium Gatlinburg, Tennessee (EUA) 4-7 May 1980
Format: biblioteca
Published: Minneapolis, Minn. (EUA) 1981
Subjects:MANEJO DE CUENCAS, INVESTIGACION, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA,
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