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Political Pitfalls of Integrated Watershed Management
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Integrated watershed management, preferably under the direction of a watershed or basin management body, has been prescribed in the water policy literature and from other quarters for decades. Few instances may be found where this recommendation has been implemented. This gap between prescription and practice is sometimes attributed to politics, as a sort of nuisance to be overcome or avoided through rational, comprehensive, consensus-based decision making. Fundamental political considerations are inherent in water resources management, however, and are unavoidable even if the desire for watershed-scale decision-making bodies were realized. Boundary definition, choices about decision-making arrangements, and issues of accountability will arise in any watershed and may help to explain why watershed management has more often taken polycentric organizational forms composed of subwatershed communities of interest. An example of a small Southern California watershed is used to highlight the political issues inherent in attempts at watershed management.
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“Similar concerns were raised by Blomquist and Schlager (2005), who note that accountability in some polycentric governance systems may be challenged because of the high number of governance actors, each with his or her own line of accountability, and the fluidity or lack of clarity that often characterizes relationships between the actors.”
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- Authors
- BLOMQUIST, W., & SCHLAGER, E.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- Corresponding author
- BLOMQUIST, WILLIAM
- Venue
- Society & Natural Resources
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2005-01-26
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 101-117
- ISSN
- 0894-1920 (ISSN-L)
- 1521-0723
- OpenAlex
- W2167752152
- Cited by
- 318
- References
- 43
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- FWCI
- 17.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- papers.ssrn.com
- Locations
- Society & Natural Resources (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Resource Management and Quality
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Environmental Science and Water Management
- Keywords
- integrated watershed management, water resources management, political barriers, boundary definition, accountability, polycentric governance, water policy implementation
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