Evolution of water management in coastal Bangladesh: from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community-managed polders

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BD
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierMarie-Charlotte Buisson: 0000-0002-2111-1864
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2015.1025196en
cg.identifier.wlethemeManaging Resource Variability and Competing Use
cg.issn0250-8060en
cg.issn1941-1707en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalWater Internationalen
cg.volume40en
dc.contributor.authorDewan, C.en
dc.contributor.authorMukherji, A.en
dc.contributor.authorBuisson, Marie-Charlotteen
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-01T13:39:42Zen
dc.date.available2016-11-01T13:39:42Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/77517
dc.titleEvolution of water management in coastal Bangladesh: from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community-managed poldersen
dcterms.abstractThis article examines the historical evolution of participatory water management in coastal Bangladesh. Three major shifts are identified: first, from indigenous local systems managed by landlords to centralized government agencies in the 1960s; second, from top-down engineering solutions to small-scale projects and people’s participation in the 1970s and 1980s; and third, towards depoliticized community-based water management since the 1990s. While donor requirements for community participation in water projects have resulted in the creation of ‘depoliticized’ water management organizations, there are now increasing demands for involvement of politically elected local government institutions in water management by local communities.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2015-03-23
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDewan, C.; Mukherji, A.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte. 2015. Evolution of water management in coastal Bangladesh: from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community-managed polders. Water International, 40(3):401-416. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2015.1025196en
dcterms.extentpp. 401-416en
dcterms.issued2015-04-16
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectwater managementen
dcterms.subjecthistoryen
dcterms.subjectdecentralizationen
dcterms.subjectcoastal areaen
dcterms.subjectnatural resources managementen
dcterms.subjectlandownersen
dcterms.subjectstate interventionen
dcterms.subjectgovernmental organizationsen
dcterms.subjectlocal communityen
dcterms.subjectempowermenten
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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