From integrated to expedient: an adaptive framework for river basin management in developing countries

cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.isbn978-92-9090-661-2en
cg.issn1026-0862en
cg.number110en
dc.contributor.authorLankford, B.A.en
dc.contributor.authorMerrey, Douglas J.en
dc.contributor.authorCour, J.en
dc.contributor.authorHepworth, N.en
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-13T14:29:39Zen
dc.date.available2014-06-13T14:29:39Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/39897
dc.titleFrom integrated to expedient: an adaptive framework for river basin management in developing countriesen
dcterms.abstractThe authors reflect on the theory and process of creating effective strategies for adaptive river basin management. We formulate our framework from observations of responses to environmental and hydrological change in the Great Ruaha River in Tanzania. We find that problems occur in the pursuit of 'integrated water resources management' (IWRM) that can be attended to by applying a focused expedient approach in three states of the water availability regime: 'critical water', 'medial water' and 'bulk water'. In particular, less reliance on broad generic 'principles' and greater reference to solutions being drawn up by local resource users in relation to identified conflicts helps guide adaptive problem solving.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLankford, B. A.; Merrey, Douglas; Cour, J.; Hepworth, N. 2007. From integrated to expedient: an adaptive framework for river basin management in developing countries. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 37p. (IWMI Research Report 110) en
dcterms.isPartOfIWMI Research Reporten
dcterms.issued2007
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen
dcterms.subjectwater resource managementen
dcterms.subjectriver basin managementen
dcterms.subjectwater allocationen
dcterms.subjectcase studiesen
dcterms.typeReport

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