What water managers need to know about public participation: one US practitioner's perspective

Water Policy ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
James L. Creighton
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
The Us ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
The Usa

Increasingly, public participation is a precondition for water management decision making. In the USA, water management agencies have been utilizing public participation since the early 1970s, with varying degrees of success and commitment to the process. Some of the US experience may not be transferable to other countries or other cultures. But the author describes basic lessons he believes are fundamental to effective public participation in virtually all countries and situations.

Understanding the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making in British Columbia

2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 709-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
D B Tindall ◽  
H W Harshaw ◽  
S R.J. Sheppard
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
General Public ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Social Bases ◽  
Management Decision Making

This study draws upon the results of a survey of the general public in three communities in British Columbia to examinethe social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making at both the local andprovincial levels. The main findings are that those members of the general public who are relatively more biocentricallyoriented (as indicated by the NEP Scale) are less satisfied, and those who have acquaintanceship ties to people employedin the forestry sector are more satisfied. Women and those with more education were less satisfied (at the provincial level),and Vancouver residents were more satisfied (compared to Kelowna and Armstrong residents). Overall, satisfaction withpublic participation in forest management decision-making was relatively low. It was, however, slightly higher at the locallevel than at the provincial scale. Policy and research implications of this study are discussed.Key words: social networks, public participation, gender, New Ecological Paradigm, satisfaction with forest management,and sustainable forest management

Implementing participatory irrigation management in Thailand

Water Policy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wachiraporn Kumnerdpet ◽  
A. John Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Participatory Irrigation Management ◽  
Management Decision Making

Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) was formally adopted in Thailand in 2004. The involvement of farmers in water management decision making is necessary to meet the implementation challenges of this initiative. As such, the research presented in this paper considered the level of farmer involvement in water management and decision making, and the lessons learned by both government officials and farmers through the implementation of PIM in Thailand to date. Data collected from document reviews and a total of 44 semistructured face-to-face and telephone interviews of public irrigation officials and farmers nationwide show that farmers possess the full potential to manage irrigation water by themselves, and that they are making important changes to governance systems for irrigation. However, they need both the opportunity and the continuing supportof public irrigation officials for success, which is currently only being partly achieved through the PIM initiative.

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