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Hearne RR 《Environmental management》2007,40(6):842-852
Institutions are the rules and norms that guide societal behavior. As societies evolve—with more diverse economies, increased
populations and incomes, and more water scarcity—new and more complex water management institutions need to be developed.
This evolution of water management institutions may also be observed across different constituencies, with different societal
needs, in the same time period. The Red River of the North basin is particularly well suited for research on water management
issues. A key feature of water management in the Red River Basin is the presence of three completely different sets of water
law. Minnesota’s water law is based upon riparian rights. North Dakota’s water law is based upon prior appropriation. Manitoba
has a system of water allocation that features provincial control. Because the basin is fairly homogeneous in terms of land
use and geographic features, its institutional diversity makes this an excellent case study for the analysis of local water
institutions. This article reviews the local water management institutions in the Red River Basin and assesses the ongoing
institutional evolution of local water management. 相似文献
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Michaels S 《Environmental management》2001,27(1):27-35
Initiatives in the Neponset, Ipswich, and Sudbury-Assabet-Concord watersheds highlight how watershed-scale innovation in engaging
nongovernment participants is influenced, but not dominated, by the statewide program, the Massachusetts Watershed Initiative.
The presence or absence of three elements—external support, process, and issue—and the order in which they occur, shape the
viability of collaborative watershed-scale management initiatives. External support includes providing personnel or funding
from outside an initiative. Process is the interaction among individuals undertaking watershed-wide policy development and/or
implementation. An issue is an attention-requiring concern, vital to a watershed, that can most effectively be addressed by
a coordinated strategy among different parties. A process generated by an issue is sustainable and amenable to enhancement
through external support. The contribution of external support is most apparent when outside assistance is provided after
an issue has crystallized into clear problem needs that can be addressed through specific research projects or implementation
activities. Process is central in shaping issues, utilizing external support, and generating management results. The outcomes
of voluntary processes in the three watershed initiatives highlight how the evolution of the Massachusetts Watershed Initiative
leads to, and depends upon, the development of watershed-scale initiatives. 相似文献
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Serveiss VB 《Environmental management》2002,29(2):145-154
Considerable progress in addressing point source (end of pipe) pollution problems has been made, but it is now recognized
that further substantial environmental improvements depend on controlling nonpoint source pollution. A watershed approach
is being used more frequently to address these problems because traditional regulatory approaches do not focus on nonpoint
sources. The watershed approach is organized around the guiding principles of partnerships, geographic focus, and management
based on sound science and data. This helps to focus efforts on the highest priority problems within hydrologically-defined
geographic areas. Ecological risk assessment is a process to collect, organize, analyze, and present scientific information
to improve decision making. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sponsored three watershed assessments and found
that integrating the watershed approach with ecological risk assessment increases the use of environmental monitoring and
assessment data in decision making. This paper describes the basics of the watershed approach, the ecological risk assessment
process, and how these two frameworks can be integrated. The three major principles of watershed ecological risk assessment
found to be most useful for increasing the use of science in decision making are (1) using assessment endpoints and conceptual
models, (2) holding regular interactions between scientists and managers, and (3) developing a focus for multiple stressor
analysis. Examples are provided illustrating how these principles were implemented in these assessments. 相似文献
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流域管理中公众参与问题的探讨 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
我国流域管理存在很多不足,缺乏公众参与就是其中一个重要问题。文章阐述了国外公众参与流域管理的实践经验。我国公众参与流域管理普遍存在的问题是:民间力量弱小,公众参与流域管理的权利缺乏法律保障,流域区居民的利益往往被忽略。文章提出:对流域管理中的公众参与应加强宣传教育,拓宽公众参与的渠道和途径;健全流域管理法律制度,明确公众参与的法律权利;建立环境公益诉讼制度;加强国际交流与合作。 相似文献
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Bentrup G 《Environmental management》2001,27(5):739-748
Collaborative planning processes have become increasingly popular for addressing environmental planning issues, resulting
in a number of conceptual models for collaboration. A model proposed by Selin and Chavez suggests that collaboration emerges
from a series of antecedents and then proceeds sequentially through problem-setting, direction-setting, implementation, and
monitoring and evaluation phases. This paper summarizes an empirical study to evaluate if the Selin and Chavez model encompasses
the range of factors important for the establishment and operation of collaboration in watershed planning from the perspective
of the planning coordinator. Analysis of three case studies of watershed based planning efforts in the Intermountain West
suggests the model realistically describes some of the fundamental collaborative elements in watershed planning. Particularly
important factors include the involvement of stakeholders in data collection and analysis and the establishment of measurable
objectives. Informal face-to-face dialog and watershed field tours were considered critical for identifying issues and establishing
trust among stakeholders. Group organizational structure also seems to play a key role in facilitating collaboration. From
this analysis, suggestions for refining the model are proposed. 相似文献
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Citizen Participation in Collaborative Watershed Partnerships 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Collaborative efforts are increasingly being used to address complex environmental problems, both in the United States and
abroad. This is especially true in the growing field of collaborative watershed management, where diverse stakeholders work
together to develop and advance water-quality goals. Active citizen participation is viewed as a key component, yet groups
often struggle to attract and maintain citizen engagement. This study examined citizen participation behavior in collaborative
watershed partnerships by way of a written survey administered to citizen members of 12 collaborative watershed groups in
Ohio. Results for the determination of who joins such groups were consistent with the dominant-status model of participation
because group members were not demographically representative of the broader community. The dominant-status model, however,
does not explain which members are more likely to actively participate in group activities. Instead, individual characteristics,
including political activity, knowledge, and comfort in sharing opinions with others, were positively correlated with active
participation. In addition, group characteristics, including government-based membership, rural location, perceptions of open
communication, perceptions that the group has enough technical support to accomplish its goals, and perceived homogeneity
of participant opinions, were positively correlated with active participation. Overall, many group members did not actively
participate in group activities. 相似文献
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Weible CM 《Environmental management》2007,40(6):853-865
What factors explain stakeholders’ perceptions of scientists in environmental politics? Questionnaire data are used to examine stakeholders’ views of scientific experts in the context of Lake Tahoe environmental policy from 1984 to 2001. Stakeholders’ perceptions of scientists have remained the same over time – despite a shift from adversarial to collaborative policymaking and after decades of mounting scientific evidence showing water quality declines. On average, stakeholders perceive scientists with limited influence on Lake Tahoe environmental policy and view them with mixed levels of skepticism. Stakeholders’ evaluation of scientists is best explained by their beliefs about development versus the environment. Stakeholders in favor of more land development express distrust of scientists and negatively evaluate university researchers and consultants. Stakeholders in favor of environmental protection are more likely to trust scientists and positively evaluate university researchers and consultants. 相似文献
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The snowmobile controversy in Yellowstone National Park not only pits snowmobilers against environmentalists, but it also pits the Bush Administration against the Clinton Administration. Caught in the middle are the National Park Service, scores of natural and social scientists, and Yellowstones permanent residents—the flora and fauna. The controversys political aspects are the focus of this paper; specifically, the tenuous relationship among research scientists, whose job it is to inform management and policy decisions; politicians, whose job it is to formulate those same decisions in the public arena; and public land management agencies, whose job it is to implement the decisions. The crux of the paper concerns the politicization of natural resource policy and ways in which research scientists tend to get caught up in it. Lessons learned from this Yellowstone episode regarding the role of science in policy-making processes are also considered. Two recent federal court rulings shed additional light on the politics surrounding Yellowstones snowmobile controversy, as does the importance of governmental checks and balances in resolving natural resource management disputes. 相似文献
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/ Environmental settings were defined, through an overlay process, as areas of coincidence between categories of three mapped variablesMland use, surficial geology, and soil drainage characteristics. Expert judgment was used in selecting factors thought to influence sediment and nutrient concentrations in the Albemarle-Pamlico drainage area. This study's findings support the hypothesis that environmental settings defined using these three variables can explain variations in the concentration of certain sediment and nutrient constituents. This finding underscores the importance of developing watershed management plans that account for differences associated with the mosaic of natural and anthropogenic factors that define a basin's environmental setting. At least in the case of sediment and nutrients in the Albemarle-Pamlico region, a watershed management plan that focuses only on anthropogenic factors, such as point-source discharges, and does not account for natural characteristics of a watershed and the influences of these characteristics on water quality, may lead to water-quality goals that are over- or underprotective of key environmental features and to a misallocation of the resources available for environmental protection.KEY WORDS: Environmental setting; Water quality; Watershed management; Nutrients; Sediment 相似文献
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KATHLEEN E. HALVORSEN 《Environmental management》2001,28(2):179-186
Public participatory techniques have been the focus of a large and growing body of environmental literature. There is some
consensus among those who study these techniques that there is a need to develop and implement new techniques that meet certain
criteria. These include that the techniques be comfortable, convenient, and satisfying to participants. Authors have also
frequently called for the use of deliberative techniques, which allow participants to express and listen to a variety of perspectives
regarding the issue at hand. However, the literature on public participation lacks a set of widely applicable evaluation methods
to determine whether participants in techniques find them comfortable, convenient, satisfying, or deliberative. This paper
reports on the implementation of two different techniques that participants scored fairly high on all of these factors, as
well as the scale-based survey questions developed to measure these factors. 相似文献
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Role of Adaptive Management for Watershed Councils 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Habron G 《Environmental management》2003,31(1):0029-0041
Recent findings in the Umpqua River Basin in southwestern Oregon illustrate a tension in the rise of both community-based
and watershed-based approaches to aquatic resource management. While community-based institutions such as watershed councils
offer relief from the government control landowners dislike, community-based approaches impinge on landowners' strong belief
in independence and private property rights. Watershed councils do offer the local control landowners advocate; however, institutional
success hinges on watershed councils' ability to reduce bureaucracy, foster productive discussion and understanding among
stakeholders, and provide financial, technical, and coordination support. Yet, to accomplish these tasks current watershed
councils rely on the fiscal and technical capital of the very governmental entities that landowners distrust. Adaptive management
provides a basis for addressing the apparent tension by incorporating landowners' belief in environmental resilience and acceptance
of experimentation that rejects “one size fits all solutions.” Therefore community-based adaptive watershed management provides
watershed councils a framework that balances landowners' independence and fear of government intrusion, acknowledges the benefits
of community cooperation through watershed councils, and enables ecological assessment of landowner-preferred practices. Community-based
adaptive management integrates social and ecological suitability to achieve conservation outcomes by providing landowners
the flexibility to use a diverse set of conservation practices to achieve desired ecological outcomes, instead of imposing
regulations or specific practices. 相似文献
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Implementation and Participation in China's Local Environmental Politics: Challenges and Innovations
With its recently published 12th Five-Year Plan (FYP, 2011–2015) China's leaders have set ambitious national environmental targets and goals for developing a more sustainable economy and society. Past records, however, show that ambitious goals and regulations too often fail due to shortcomings in local implementation and civil society participation. At the sub-national level, economic, political, and social interests continue to dictate the political agenda and the participation of non-state actors remains limited. This article analyses these implementation and participation gaps and reviews recent innovations and experiments to address these gaps in local environmental politics in China. Although many ongoing experiments and new institutional arrangements can be identified, these projects and initiatives remain limited in scope and geographical spread. Further advances in policy enforcement and in opening up policy design to citizens and other non-state actors at the local level are needed in order to turn the article ambitions of the 12th FYP into reality. 相似文献
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Maintaining Volunteer Commitment to Local Watershed Initiatives 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Australia's Landcare program is advanced as a successful international example of local watershed groups and governments working
together to improve natural resource management. One of the aspects considered critical in the success of watershed groups
is engaging widespread participation. This paper draws on two regional surveys that explored burnout, or loss of engagement,
among Landcare participants in the state of Victoria using the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Survey findings indicated that a
large proportion of respondents were experiencing high burnout in terms of low personal accomplishment and suggested that
there was potential for burnout to increase. The authors suggest that the expectations of watershed groups must be based around
a realistic assessment of the capacity for volunteer groups to deliver improved environmental and social outcomes. 相似文献
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Bruce L. Rhoads David Wilson Michael Urban Edwin E. Herricks 《Environmental management》1999,24(3):297-308
The authors' personal experience in watershed planning and decision making in the agricultural Midwest is described to illustrate
how: (1) formalization of the process of community-based management is not sufficient to guarantee that local people will
meaningfully consider scientific information and opinion when making decisions about watersheds, and (2) genuine social interaction
between scientists and nonscientists requires a considerable investment of time and energy on the part of the scientist to
develop personal relationships with nonscientists based on trust and mutual exchange of information. This experience provides
the basis for developing a general conceptual model of the interaction between scientists and nonscientists in community-based
watershed management in the agricultural Midwest.
An important aspect of integrating science effectively into community-based decision making is the need to revise existing
concepts to accommodate place-based contexts. Stream naturalization is introduced as an alternative to stream restoration
and rehabilitation, which are viewed as inappropriate management strategies in human-dominated environments. Stream naturalization
seeks to establish sustainable, morphologically and hydraulically varied, yet dynamically stable fluvial systems that are
capable of supporting healthy, biologically diverse aquatic ecosystems. This general goal is consistent with the types of
stream-management practices emerging from community-based decision making in human-dominated, agricultural landscapes. Further
research on the linkages between geomorphological and ecological dynamics of human-modified agricultural streams over multiple
spatial and temporal scales is needed to provide a sound scientific framework for stream naturalization. 相似文献
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We used a GIS-based approach to examine the influence of road density and physical watershed features (watershed size, wetland
cover, and bedrock type) on water quality in coastal marshes of Georgian Bay, Ontario. We created a GIS that included landscape
information and water-quality data from a 9-year synoptic survey of 105 coastal marshes covering 28 quaternary watersheds.
Multiple regressions and partial correlations were used to discern confounding effects of human-induced (road density) versus
natural physical watershed determinants of water quality. Road density was the dominant factor influencing many water quality
variables, showing positive correlations with specific conductivity (COND), total suspended solids (TSS), and inorganic suspended
solids (ISS) and a negative correlation with overall Water Quality Index scores. Road density also showed positive correlations
with total nitrate nitrogen (TNN) and total phosphorus (TP). By comparison, larger watershed area was the main factor leading
to elevated TP concentrations. The proportion of the watershed occupied by wetlands explained the largest amount of variation
in TNN concentrations (negative correlation) and was also negatively correlated with COND and positively correlated with TSS
and ISS when we controlled for road density. Bedrock type did not have a significant effect in any of the models. Our findings
suggest that road density is currently the overriding factor governing water quality of coastal marshes in Georgian Bay during
the summer low-flow period. We recommend that natural variation in physical watershed characteristics be considered when developing
water quality standards and management practices for freshwater coastal areas. 相似文献
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Allocation of supplementary aeration stations in the Chicago waterway system for dissolved oxygen improvement 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
The Chicago Waterway System (CWS), used mainly for commercial and recreational navigation and for urban drainage, is a 122.8 km branching network of navigable waterways controlled by hydraulic structures. The CWS receives pollutant loads from 3 of the largest wastewater treatment plants in the world, nearly 240 gravity Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO), 3 CSO pumping stations, direct diversions from Lake Michigan, and eleven tributary streams or drainage areas. Even though treatment plant effluent concentrations meet the applicable standards and most reaches of the CWS meet the applicable water quality standards, Dissolved Oxygen (DO) standards are not met in the CWS during some periods. A Use Attainability Analysis was initiated to evaluate what water quality standards can be achieved in the CWS. The UAA team identified several DO improvement alternatives including new supplementary aeration stations. Because of the dynamic nature of the CWS, the DUFLOW model that is capable of simulating hydraulics and water quality processes under unsteady-flow conditions was used to evaluate the effectiveness of new supplementary aeration stations. This paper details the use of the DUFLOW model to size and locate supplementary aeration stations. In order to determine the size and location of supplemental aeration stations, 90% compliance with a 5 mg/l DO standard was used as a planning target. The simulations showed that a total of four new supplementary aeration stations with oxygen supply capacities ranging from 30 to 80 g/s would be sufficient to meet the proposed target DO concentration for the North Branch and South Branch of the Chicago River. There are several aeration technologies, two of which are already being used in the CWS, available and the UAA team determined that the total capital costs of the alternatives range from $35.5 to $89.9 million with annual operations and maintenance costs ranging from $554,000 to $2.14 million. Supplemental aeration stations have been shown to be a potentially effective means to improve DO concentrations in the CWS and will be included in developing an integrated strategy for improving water quality in the CWS. 相似文献
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Using Public Participation Geographic Information Systems to Identify Places of Watershed Service Provisioning 下载免费PDF全文
Cody Cox Wayde Morse Christopher Anderson Luke Marzen 《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》2015,51(3):704-718
In this study, we used public participation geographic information systems methods to collect spatial data identifying places that stakeholders in Mobile Bay, Alabama think are important providers of watershed services. These methods allowed us to spatially analyze participatory data from general public respondents and directly compare them with other scientific data in a geographic information systems database. This study identified which places in the region participants believe are important providers of specific watershed services, including fish nurseries, storm protection, flood protection, and water quality protection, which would likely have public support for conservation. Additionally, we assessed the accuracy of participant watershed service identification using land cover data to identify inconsistencies and participant knowledge gaps. This information can be used to target outreach education efforts. We found that the accuracy with which participants correctly identified places with the necessary land cover to provide each service varied considerably. We believe this to be a useful tool for managers to elicit stakeholder input and to identify knowledge gaps regarding the provisioning of watershed services. 相似文献
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Analysis of a rural water supply project in three communities in Mali: Participation and sustainability 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
This paper presents a qualitative assessment of the participatory water management strategies implemented at the community level in rural Mali through a water supply project — The West Africa Water Initiative (WAWI) — coordinated by World Vision International, a non‐governmental and humanitarian organization. Data for the study were generated through a combination of primary and secondary sources in three villages. Results of the study indicate that while community‐based rural water supply is a positive step in responding to the needs of rural Malians, the installation of boreholes with hand pumps informed merely by consultative participatory approaches and limited extension involvement will not necessarily proffer sustainable rural water supply in the region. A “platform” approach to rural water supply management that can mobilize the assets and insights of different social actors to influence decision making at all stages, including the design and choice‐of‐technology stages, in water supply interventions is instead advocated. 相似文献