Institutions in transitioning peri-urban communities: spatial differences in groundwater access
Urbanization creates challenges for water management in an evolving socio-economic context. This is particularly relevant in transitioning peri-urban areas like Khulna, Bangladesh where competing demands have put pressure on local groundwater resources. Users are unable to sufficiently meet thei...
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| description | Urbanization creates challenges for water management in an evolving
socio-economic context. This is particularly relevant in transitioning
peri-urban areas like Khulna, Bangladesh where competing demands have put
pressure on local groundwater resources. Users are unable to sufficiently
meet their needs through existing institutions. These institutions provide
the rules for service provision and act as guidelines for actors to resolve
their water related issues. However, the evolving peri-urban context can
produce fragmented institutional arrangements. For example in Khulna, water
supply is based on urban and rural boundaries that has created water access
issues for peri-urban communities. This has motivated local actors to manage
their groundwater needs in various ways. General institutional theories are
well developed in literature, yet little is known about institutions in
transitioning peri-urban areas. Institutions that fail to adapt to changing
dynamics run the risk of becoming obsolete or counter-productive, hence the
need for investigating institutional change mechanisms in this context. This
paper examines peri-urban case studies from Khulna using the Institutional
Analysis and Development framework to demonstrate how institutions have
contributed to spatial differences in groundwater access with local actors
investing in formal and informal institutional change as a means of accessing
groundwater. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-392562d8274c4710b88bdb3775bc4d032022-12-21T23:48:32ZengCopernicus PublicationsProceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences2199-89812199-899X2016-05-0137312512910.5194/piahs-373-125-2016Institutions in transitioning peri-urban communities: spatial differences in groundwater accessS. L. Gomes0L. M. Hermans1Department of Technology, Policy, and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 2628BX, the NetherlandsDepartment of Technology, Policy, and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 2628BX, the NetherlandsUrbanization creates challenges for water management in an evolving socio-economic context. This is particularly relevant in transitioning peri-urban areas like Khulna, Bangladesh where competing demands have put pressure on local groundwater resources. Users are unable to sufficiently meet their needs through existing institutions. These institutions provide the rules for service provision and act as guidelines for actors to resolve their water related issues. However, the evolving peri-urban context can produce fragmented institutional arrangements. For example in Khulna, water supply is based on urban and rural boundaries that has created water access issues for peri-urban communities. This has motivated local actors to manage their groundwater needs in various ways. General institutional theories are well developed in literature, yet little is known about institutions in transitioning peri-urban areas. Institutions that fail to adapt to changing dynamics run the risk of becoming obsolete or counter-productive, hence the need for investigating institutional change mechanisms in this context. This paper examines peri-urban case studies from Khulna using the Institutional Analysis and Development framework to demonstrate how institutions have contributed to spatial differences in groundwater access with local actors investing in formal and informal institutional change as a means of accessing groundwater.https://www.proc-iahs.net/373/125/2016/piahs-373-125-2016.pdf |
| spellingShingle | S. L. Gomes L. M. Hermans Institutions in transitioning peri-urban communities: spatial differences in groundwater access Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
| title | Institutions in transitioning peri-urban communities: spatial differences in groundwater access |
| title_full | Institutions in transitioning peri-urban communities: spatial differences in groundwater access |
| title_fullStr | Institutions in transitioning peri-urban communities: spatial differences in groundwater access |
| title_full_unstemmed | Institutions in transitioning peri-urban communities: spatial differences in groundwater access |
| title_short | Institutions in transitioning peri-urban communities: spatial differences in groundwater access |
| title_sort | institutions in transitioning peri urban communities spatial differences in groundwater access |
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