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Mitigating Conflicts Over Scarce Water Resources in the Highland-Lowland System of Mount Kenya
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The Mount Kenya region offers a great deal of beautiful scenery and attracts tourists from all over the world. What these tourists may not see, however, is the crucial function of Mount Kenya as a water tower for its footzones and adjoining lowland areas. This function is becoming ever more crucial, as populations in these areas are growing at a rapid pace and new land use systems require far more water. These developments have set the stage for increasing conflicts over water resources; to make things worse, water is becoming ever scarcer, especially in the dry areas of the Laikipia Plateau and the Samburu Plains to the north and west of the mountain. This article summarizes the complex ecological and socioeconomic dynamics prevailing in the highland-Blowland system of Mount Kenya—the Ewaso Ng'iro North Basin—and presents a multilevel strategy for mitigating the emerging conflicts over water resources.
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“Scholars have attributed initial success of these reforms to factors such as nongovernmental organization (NGO) engagement, donor support, and local self-governance (Wiesmann, Gichuki, Kiteme, & Liniger, 2000)”
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“National-level water reforms initiated in the early 2000s established a polycentric system, with local Community Water Projects (CWPs) sharing overlapping authority over water governance with regional Water Resource Users Associations (WRUAs) to create a deliberately multilevel water governance strategy (Wiesmann, Gichuki, Kiteme, & Liniger, 2000).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wiesmann, U., Gichuki, F. N., Kiteme, B. P., & Liniger, H.
- Affiliations
- University of Bern (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Wiesmann, Urs
- Gichuki, Francis N.
- Kiteme, Boniface P.
- Liniger, Hanspeter
- Venue
- Mountain Research and Development
- Published
- 2000-02
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 10-15
- ISSN
- 0276-4741 (ISSN-L)
- 1994-7151
- OpenAlex
- W2180100222
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Mountain Research and Development (publishedVersion)
- BioOne Complete (BioOne) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Resource Management and Quality
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Keywords
- water conflicts, water scarcity, Mount Kenya, water towers, population growth, land use change, water governance
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