User participation in watershed management and research

dc.creatorJohnson, Nancy L.
dc.creatorRavnborg, Helle Munk
dc.creatorWestermann, Olaf
dc.creatorProbst, Kirsten
dc.date2001
dc.date2024-10-24T12:45:17Z
dc.date2024-10-24T12:45:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:57:44Z
dc.descriptionMany watershed development projects around the world have performed poorly because they failed to take into account the needs, constraints, and practices of local people. Participatory watershed management -in which users help to define problems, set priorities, select technologies and policies, and monitor and evaluate impacts -is expected to improve performance. User participation in watershed management raises new questions for watershed research, including how to design appropriate mechanisms for organizing stakeholders and facilitating collective action. Management of a complex system such as a watershed may also require user participation in the research process itself. An increasing number of watershed research projects are already participatory, however challenges remain to institutionalizing user participation in both watershed management and research.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/156733
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90591
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceJohnson, Nancy L.; Ravnborg, Helle Munk; Westermann, Olaf; Probst, Kirsten. 2001. User participation in watershed management and research. CAPRi working paper 0019. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156733
dc.subjectwatersheds
dc.subjectwater use
dc.subjectcollectivization
dc.subjectcommunity involvement
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjectmultiple use
dc.titleUser participation in watershed management and research
dc.typeWorking Paper

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