Comparison of Institutional Arrangements for River Basin Management in Eight Basins
This study represents an effort toward understanding conditions that affect successful or unsuccessful efforts to devolve water resource management to the river basin level and secure active stakeholder involvement. A theoretical framework is used to identify potentially important variables related to the likelihood of success. Using a comparative case-study approach, the study examined river basins where organizations have been developed at the basin scale and where organizations perform management functions such as planning, allocation, and pricing of water supplies, flood prevention and response, and water quality monitoring and improvement. This paper compares the alternative approaches to basin governance and management adopted in the following river basins: the Alto-Tiete and Jaguaribe River Basins, Brazil; the Brantas River Basin, East Java, Indonesia; the Fraser River Basin, British Columbia, Canada; the Guadalquivir Basin, Spain; the Murray-Darling River Basin, Australia; the Tarcoles River Basin, Costa Rica; and the Warta River Basin, Poland. The analysis focuses on how management has been organized and pursued in each case in light of its specific geographical, historical, and organizational contexts and the evolution of institutional arrangements. The cases are also compared and assessed for their observed degrees of success in achieving improved stakeholder participation and integrated water resources management.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Blomquist, William,
Dinar, Ariel,
Kemper, Karin |
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2005-06
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| Subjects: | ACCOUNTABILITY,
ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTIONS,
AGRICULTURAL USERS,
AGRICULTURE,
ALLOCATION AGREEMENTS,
ALLOCATION OF WATER,
AUTHORITY,
BASIN ARRANGEMENTS,
BASIN COMMUNITIES,
BASIN LEVEL,
BASIN MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES,
BASIN ORGANIZATIONS,
BASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS,
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT,
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT POLICY,
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS,
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE,
DECENTRALIZATION,
DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS,
DECENTRALIZATION REFORM,
DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS,
DECISION MAKERS,
DECISION MAKING,
DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY,
DOWNSTREAM USERS,
DROUGHT,
DROUGHT EXPOSURE,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE,
FINANCIAL AUTONOMY,
FINANCIAL CAPACITY,
FINANCIAL RESOURCES,
FINANCIAL SUPPORT,
FLOOD CONTROL,
GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP,
GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS,
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY,
GOVERNMENT FUNDING,
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,
GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY,
GROUNDWATER,
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES,
HOUSEHOLDS,
INDUSTRIAL USERS,
INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS,
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES,
IRRIGATION,
LEGAL FRAMEWORK,
LOCAL AUTHORITY,
LOCAL AUTONOMY,
LOCAL COMMUNITIES,
LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS,
MANAGING WATER RESOURCES,
MOTIVATIONS,
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS,
PUBLIC HEALTH,
PUBLIC SERVICES,
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT,
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS,
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WATER,
RIVER BASIN,
RIVER BASIN GOVERNANCE,
RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT,
RIVER BASINS,
RURAL DEVELOPMENT,
SERVICE PROVISION,
STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT,
STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION,
STORAGE CAPACITY,
SUB-BASIN,
USE OF WATER,
UTILITIES,
WATER ALLOCATION,
WATER MANAGEMENT,
WATER PRICING,
WATER QUALITY,
WATER QUALITY MONITORING,
WATER QUALITY PROTECTION,
WATER RESOURCE,
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT,
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT,
WATER RIGHTS,
WATER SUPPLIES,
WATER SUPPLY,
WATER USE,
WATER USERS, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5860945/comparison-institutional-arrangements-river-basin-management-eight-basins
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8321
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