Water governance challenges in rural South Africa: exploring institutional coordination in drought management
Water governance challenges in rural South Africa: exploring institutional coordination in drought management
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DOI：
10.2166/wp.2020.234
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发表时间：
2020-08-01
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1.6
通讯作者：
Van Loon, Anne F.
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作者：
Makaya, Eugine;Rohse, Melanie;Van Loon, Anne F.
干旱对农村人口的生计产生了严重的直接影响。因此，应妥善协调社区农业用水管理和供水，以提高抗旱能力。尽管南非的水管理机构之间存在相互关系，但这些机构在干旱时期的准备工作和干旱期间的合作方式都很复杂。在这篇文章中，我们研究了南非的水资源治理，以了解在不同的业务规模干旱管理的机构协调。使用定性的方法，在地方和区域一级的水的行为者之间的作用和关系进行了分析，他们在建设当地一级的干旱恢复能力在南非林波波省的一个村庄。对关键信息提供者的访谈揭示了干旱管理业务方面的挑战，这些挑战来自沟通障碍、协调不一致以及灾害期间行为体的作用和责任不明确。自上而下的灾害管理办法虽然有一定价值，但目前限制了地方一级机构开展地方减少干旱风险工作的效力。通过与社区行为者和水管理机构进行更多和更广泛的接触，可以促进水和干旱治理工作取得更大成功。
Droughts have severe direct impacts on the livelihoods of rural populations. Thus, the management of water for communal agriculture and water supply should be well coordinated to enhance drought resilience. Notwithstanding the interrelations among water management institutions in South Africa, there are complexities in the way these institutions work together, both in preparation for, and during drought times. In this article, we examine the governance of water resources in South Africa with a view to understanding institutional coordination in drought management at different operational scales. Using a qualitative approach, the roles and relationships between water actors at the local and regional level were analyzed for their adequacy in building local level drought resilience in a village in the Limpopo province, South Africa. Key informant interviews conducted revealed operational drought management challenges that emanate from communication barriers, coordination inconsistences, and undefined, unclear actor roles and responsibilities during disasters. The top-down approach to disaster management, while of some value, currently constrains the effectiveness of the local-level institutions implementing local drought risk reduction efforts. Achieving more successful water and drought governance endeavors could be enhanced by greater and wider engagement with community-based actors and water management institutions.