scholarly journals Public Participation of the River Chief System in China: Current Trends, Problems, and Perspectives

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 3496
Author(s):  
Chenhui Wu ◽  
Maosen Ju ◽  
Longfei Wang ◽  
Xiangyi Gu ◽  
Cuiling Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Effective Measure ◽  
Term Operation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Water Problems

The River Chief System (RCS) is an effective measure for China to solve complex water problems and maintain the health of rivers and lakes. It is an institutional innovation to improve the water governance system and ensure national water security. Guiding and encouraging the public to participate in the construction of the RCS can promote the improvement of the level of social governance. The RCS is an effective supplement and supervision to the performance of the river chief and related departments, which can effectively promote the transformation of the RCS from nominal to practical and efficient. This study summarizes the innovative models and practical effects of, and public participation in, the RCS, analyzes the prominent problems, and proposes some measures to maximize the influence of public participation. The study provides insights on how to ensure the long-term operation of the RCS, a reference for countries around the world as a suitable solution for the sustainable management of water environments.

scholarly journals The Role of Public Participation in Environmental Governance: Empirical Evidence from China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo ◽  
Bai
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Executive Power ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Environmental Enforcement ◽  
The Public

As an essential stakeholder of environmental resources, the public has become the third force which assists in promoting environmental governance, together with local governments and polluting enterprises. In this paper, we construct a mediation model and a 2SLS (Two Stage Least Square) model to illustrate the role of public participation based on inter-provincial panel data of China from 2011 to 2015. The results indicate that the advantages of handling informational asymmetry and enhancing social supervision are the two logical starting points of involving public participation in environmental governance. As the public has no executive power, they can participate in environmental governance in an indirect way by lobbying local governments’ environmental enforcement of polluting enterprises. In addition, their deterrent of polluting enterprises can also generate effects similar to local governments’ environmental enforcement, and such a deterrent will help promote environmental governance directly. At the present time in China, the effects of public participation in environmental governance are mainly reflected in the form of back-end governance, while the effects of front-end governance are not remarkable enough. This research is of great significance in perfecting China’s environmental governance system by means of arousing and expanding the public’s rights to participate in environmental governance.

scholarly journals Experts' Perceptions of Water Security in Central Asia: results from a Delphi study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-69
Author(s):  
Aliya Assubayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Delphi Approach ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
International Experts

Water security in Central Asia has been discussed by researchers and international organizations using hydrological, engineering, and modeling approaches. Various frameworks conceptualize water security through technical, socio-economic, and environmental aspects. This study attempts to identify the current trends of perceptions of experts about water security in Central Asian countries and Afghanistan as assessed through different regional and international experts with relevant knowledge and experience. The experts originate from diverse professional backgrounds like ministries, NGOs, international organizations, research, and academic institutes. The analysis was conducted through the Delphi approach, which has been widely used to identify experts' views by reaching a consensus on various subjects. The Delphi method assisted in the elicitation of experts' opinions about different water security dimensions in the overall region and each Central Asia country that have been suggested from the relevant literature. The two-round questionnaire was developed to infer the experts' views (round 1) on water security in Central Asia and then identify the agreement's rate with the initial findings (round 2). The results have shown that, while the relevant scientific literature gives priority to environmental factors, the experts emphasize water security's economic aspects. Experts suggested including transboundary challenges, legislative and institutional weaknesses in assessing water security in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Respondents highlighted the low effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the current institutions and mechanisms that dealt with water security-related issues in Central Asia and suggested strengthening water governance in the region.

scholarly journals The governance dimensions of water security: a review

2013 ◽  
Vol 371 (2002) ◽  
pp. 20130116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Bakker ◽  
Cynthia Morinville
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Water Security ◽  
The Political ◽  
Adaptive Governance ◽  
Freshwater Systems ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Multi Level

Water governance is critical to water security, and to the long-term sustainability of the Earth's freshwater systems. This review examines recent debates regarding the governance dimensions of water security, including adaptive governance, polycentric governance, social learning and multi-level governance. The analysis emphasizes the political and institutional dimensions of water governance, and explores the relevance of social power—an overlooked yet important aspect of the water security debate. In addition, the review explores the intersection and potential synergies between water governance perspectives and risk-based approaches to water security, and offers critiques and suggestions for further research questions and agendas.

scholarly journals The object of art in science: science communication via art installation

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. A04 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Rios ◽  
Aquiles Negrete
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Emotional Response ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
The Public ◽  
Art Installation ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Spectator ◽  
Scientific Facts

Science is part of our everyday live; so is art. Some art installations that link the two require the active presence of the spectator. Thereby they help to raise the awareness, promote understanding, and generate an emotional response from the public. This project rests on the public participation model that seeks to explore the connection between art installations and science communication through experiential learning. In order to test the effectiveness of an art installation communicating science two groups were contrasted. The first was exposed to a list of scientific facts; the second participated in the creation of an art installation. The results of this research suggest that art installations do promote long-term fact retention. Therefore, the use of art installations can be considered an interesting method of conveying science in an attractive, reliable, and memorable way.

‘Natural’ No More?

2018 ◽  
pp. 185-209
Author(s):  
Ravi Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Flood Plains ◽  
The Public ◽  
Face Threats ◽  
River Yamuna ◽  
The City ◽  
Indian Cities

Rivers in fast-changing and expanding Indian cities have become contested natural features. Though central to such human settlements for long, which have depended on them for water security, livelihoods, biodiversity and cultural life, more recently they face threats from new urbanization of their flood plains, water pollution, and loss of biodiversity as the city encroaches upon them. Based on a case study of the river Yamuna flowing through the mega city of Delhi, the article brings forth the limited understanding of such natural features in urban planning and the public discourse in general. It explores in detail the changing landscape, its implication on the long-term sustainability and the wider implications of their destruction in urban settings.

scholarly journals Explaining Water Pricing through a Water Security Lens

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Soto Rios ◽  
Tariq Deen ◽  
Nidhi Nagabhatla ◽  
Gustavo Ayala
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Water Pricing ◽  
Multiple Processes ◽  
Standard Set ◽  
Water Problems

Can water security serve as a platform for developing a long-term solution to ongoing water crises? Many regions around the world are experiencing severe water problems, including water scarcity, water-borne diseases, water-related natural hazards, and water conflicts. These issues are expected to increase and intensify in the future. Both developed and developing economies face a water supply and demand imbalance that will potentially influence their water pricing structures. Institutions and policies that govern the pricing of this natural capital remain crucial for driving food production and providing services. The complex and multifaceted issues of sustainable water management call for a standard set of tools that can capture and create desired water security scenarios. Water pricing is an important contributing factor for achieving these scenarios. In this paper, we analyze how water pricing can be used as a tool to enact the water security agenda. This paper addresses these issues from three facets: (1) Economic aspects—the multiple processes through which water is conceptualized and priced; (2) analysis of water pricing considering its effect in water consumption; and (3) arguments for assessing the potential of water pricing as a tool to appraise water security.

scholarly journals Post-conflict development, reviewing the water sector in Somalia

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaldoon A. Mourad
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Water Sector ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Sanitation And Hygiene ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
Emerging Issues

AbstractSomali post-conflict development faces many challenges that affect the sustainability of the water sector. This paper reviews and analyses the post-conflict development activities in the water sector through local communications and reviewing published materials and databases from international players in Somalia, funding agencies and financial tracking service. The paper has shown that there has been great attention and support given to the country during its post-conflict development. However, most of these initiatives and projects have focused on emerging issues such as tackling food security and water, sanitation and hygiene services. The paper also shows that the continuous funding of emerging issues in Somalia has reduced its long-term sustainability of the water sector and limited its national and long-term benefits but has increased corruption due to increase the gap between actors and local people. Therefore, new transparent cooperative initiatives are needed based on transparent involvement and coordination among donors, local authorities and implementers to improve and develop the water sector and the livelihood in Somalia through a solid water governance system.

scholarly journals Water Governance in Cities: Current Trends and Future Challenges

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oriana Romano ◽  
Aziza Akhmouch
Keyword(s):  
Water Governance ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Accessible Information ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Policy Solutions

Adapting water governance to changing needs, while coping with the uncertainties caused by climate change and the consequences of urbanisation and demographic growth, is key for inclusive, safe and resilient cities. The urgency of the challenges calls for innovative practices to enhance water security and provide better services to citizens, as foreseen by the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. The key question is: how to accomplish these objectives? While there is no doubt that technical solutions are available and play a fundamental role, they represent only part of the solution. Cities must ensure that the institutional frameworks in place are “fit to fix the pipes”, from accessible information to adequate capacity, from sufficient funding to transparency and integrity, and from meaningful stakeholder engagement to coherence across sectoral policies. Building mainly on recent studies on water governance carried out by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and specifically on urban water governance, this paper will discuss current trends and provide a set of tools for policy solutions based on OECD’s 3Ps framework: people, policies and places. It will conclude by highlighting the importance of improving monitoring and evaluation for better design and implementation of urban water governance.

scholarly journals Using public participation within land use change scenarios for analysing environmental and socioeconomic drivers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Penny ◽  
Slobodan Djordjević ◽  
Albert S Chen
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Baseline Scenario ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
The Public ◽  
Field Crops ◽  
Socioeconomic Drivers

Abstract This paper aims to improve the understanding of environmental and socioeconomic drivers on land use change (LUC) through public participation (PP), and provide recommendations for long-term policy making to support sustainable land use management. Public participation (PP) was necessary to help understand and address the problem and concerns of stakeholders within the study area. Through two collaboration workshops seven individual future land use scenarios were created. Using the FLUS (Future land use simulation) model, land use was projected up till 2060, after which logistic regression analysis took place to find the most significant driver. Results found that LUC within the baseline scenario and the ones chosen by stakeholders were very different, however concluded that Paddy field extent would decrease in the future to be replaced by more drought resilient agriculture; Perennials & Orchards and Field Crops. Outcomes from future scenarios propose that future LUC was driven by environment spatial factors such as elevation and climate, not soil suitability. With, first hand interviews suggesting it is indirect external factors such as, crop price that drive LUC. Overall the study provides steps towards dynamic LUC modelling where future scenarios have been tailored to details specified by the public through their participation.

scholarly journals ‘What if I feel it is mine?’ – The impact of psychological ownership on public participation in China's transboundary watershed eco-compensation

Water Policy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Ni ◽  
Yu Cai ◽  
Tao Xu ◽  
Minjuan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Economic Incentive ◽  
Psychological Ownership ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Driving Mechanisms ◽  
Degree Of Participation ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Clarifying the impact of psychological ownership on public participation in transboundary eco-compensation will contribute to compensation transforming from the current government-led economic incentive mode to the normative guidance of effective public participation, which is of great significance to transboundary management of water resources. From the perspective of social psychology, this paper uses a double hurdle model, empirically analyzes the impact of psychological ownership on public participation, and explores the internal laws and driving mechanisms of behavior. Results show the willingness to participate mainly depends on the public's judgment of self-ability and their own responsibility and values, while the degree of participation depends on the judgment and grasp of self-governance ability. The more they agree protecting the environment is the responsibility and obligation of citizens, the lower their willingness to pay. China's long-term ‘government-led environmental governance’ mode has led to the formation of a serious government dependence psychology among the public.

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