Boundary work for collaborative water resources management : conceptual and empirical insights from a South African case study
- Water is a basis for life and ecosystem health. And water, especially in regions affected by water scarcity, is a highly contested and politicised natural resource. The state-of-the-art in sustainable water resources management requires collaborative approaches that foster the integration of conflicting interests of multiple stakeholders. Achieving integration in complex and contested real life situations however remains a major challenge. Boundary work can facilitate this ambitious goal. This study evolves boundary work science to improve collaboration in the water sector. It develops a framework for boundary work that enables understanding, structuring and approaching barriers for collaborative water resources management. A case studyWater is a basis for life and ecosystem health. And water, especially in regions affected by water scarcity, is a highly contested and politicised natural resource. The state-of-the-art in sustainable water resources management requires collaborative approaches that foster the integration of conflicting interests of multiple stakeholders. Achieving integration in complex and contested real life situations however remains a major challenge. Boundary work can facilitate this ambitious goal. This study evolves boundary work science to improve collaboration in the water sector. It develops a framework for boundary work that enables understanding, structuring and approaching barriers for collaborative water resources management. A case study from the Garden Route region, South Africa gives a grounded basis for the conceptual developments and further provides in-depth insights into reasons and obstacles for collaborative water resources management in a contested local case. The case study serves both: An intrinsic analysis of a conflictive case, and conceptual developments to the boundary work framework - tested against local realities.…
Document Type: | Doctoral Thesis |
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Author: | Esther Dörendahl |
University: | Universität |
City of university: | Münster |
Publisher: | Monsenstein und Vannerdat |
Place of publication: | Münster |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Number of page: | 272 |
Series Title (English): | Wissenschaftliche Schriften der WWU Münster / Reihe XVII |
Volume: | 2 |
ISBN: | 978-3-8405-0131-9 |
Language: | English |
External link: | https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-38229604351 |
Divisions: | Zukünftige Energie- und Industriesysteme |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 550 Geowissenschaften |