On sustainable management in the local governance of water: a prospective localised study

In the face of the changes in the planet's natural resources and of their unequal distribution, it is becoming more urgent that contemporary societies oversee environmental assets in a global manner. Although international directives, when they are transposed into national laws, may set specifi...

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Published inInternational journal of sustainable development Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 180 - 198
Main Authors Renaud-Hellier, Emmanuelle, Belaidi, Nadia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Inderscience Enterprises Ltd 2006
SeriesInternational Journal of Sustainable Development
Subjects
access
civil society
common good
joint management
local government
public regulation
sustainable development
sustainable management
urbanisation
water resources
water rights
water uses
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Summary:In the face of the changes in the planet's natural resources and of their unequal distribution, it is becoming more urgent that contemporary societies oversee environmental assets in a global manner. Although international directives, when they are transposed into national laws, may set specific objectives, meeting them at the local level is as yet an uneven enterprise. Nevertheless we hope to demonstrate, using a case-study involving local tensions over water resources, that public management of the crisis may be developed that effectively involves the civic society, by using the incentives and enforcement tools of central government and of local institutions.
ISSN:0960-1406
1741-5268
DOI:10.1504/IJSD.2006.011640