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Small Town Water Governance In Developing Countries: The Uncertainty Curse, Magnus Moglia, Pascal Perez, Stewart Burn
Small Town Water Governance In Developing Countries: The Uncertainty Curse, Magnus Moglia, Pascal Perez, Stewart Burn
Professor Pascal Perez
lack of consideration of local circumstances and process requirements, and in particular inadequate involvement of affected stakeholders as well as inadequate cross-sectorial coordination. This is not surprising given poor organizational memory combined with decisions being made under time pressure and strict deadlines combined with little adaptive capacity. Additionally, information about the importance of process requirements and engagement is qualitative and as such is unfortunately often given secondary importance. To address this, we suggest a Risk assessment component as part of the project design phase based on Bayesian Networks (BNs) utilizing expert and local knowledge. This not only improves organizational memory …
Participatory Risk Management Approaches For Water Planning And Management: Insights From Australia And Bulgaria, Katherine Daniell, Peter Coad, Irina Ribarova, Ian White, Nils Ferrand, Jean-Emmanuel Rougier, Alexis Tsoukias, Philip Haines, Natalie Jones, Albena Popova, Stewart Burn, Pascal Perez
Participatory Risk Management Approaches For Water Planning And Management: Insights From Australia And Bulgaria, Katherine Daniell, Peter Coad, Irina Ribarova, Ian White, Nils Ferrand, Jean-Emmanuel Rougier, Alexis Tsoukias, Philip Haines, Natalie Jones, Albena Popova, Stewart Burn, Pascal Perez
Professor Pascal Perez
Throughout the world, water management and planning issues are becoming increasingly difficult to handle, and there have been calls for more adapted approaches to aid the decision-making processes required for water planning and management. Participatory risk management approaches appear appropriate for such situations as they can be designed to increase collaboration and manage conflict, explicit uncertainties, andstructure complexity in more understandable forms. This paper will outline some insights and lessons learnt from the design and implementation of two different participatory risk management processes for water governance: avalues-based method based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard for Risk Management for …
Participatory Assessment Of Water Developments In An Atoll Town, Magnus Moglia, Pascal Perez
Participatory Assessment Of Water Developments In An Atoll Town, Magnus Moglia, Pascal Perez
Professor Pascal Perez
Water development projects often fail, which represents a poor outcome given the limited progress against the Millennium Development Goals in providing people with adequate water and sanitation services. This may not be surprising given that water management has been identified as being in the complex system domain. According to the Cynefin framework, many traditional approaches are not suitable; but it suggests an approach based on the methods of probe, sense and respond. In line with this general framework, a participatory assessment methodology has been used to explore experiences in the atoll town of Tarawa in the Republic of Kiribati. After …
Climatic And Human Influences On Water Resources In Low Atolls, Ian White, Tony Falkland, Taboia Metutera, Eita Metai, Pascal Perez, Anne Dray, Marc Overmars
Climatic And Human Influences On Water Resources In Low Atolls, Ian White, Tony Falkland, Taboia Metutera, Eita Metai, Pascal Perez, Anne Dray, Marc Overmars
Professor Pascal Perez
Low, small islands have water supply problems amongst the most critical in the world. Fresh groundwater, the major source of water in many atolls, is vulnerable to natural and human-induced changes. Storm surges, droughts and over-extraction cause seawater intrusion. Settlements and agricultural activities can rapidly pollute shallow groundwaters. Limited land areas restrict freshwater quantities, which are especially vulnerable during frequent ENSO-related droughts. Demand for freshwater is increasing due to population growth and urbanisation. Water use for traditional crops often competes with water supplies for communities. This paper analyses the impact of frequent severe droughts on the quality and quantity of …