Mainstreaming rural poor in water resources management: preliminary lessons of a bottom‐up WUA development approach in Central Asia
Mainstreaming rural poor in water resources management: preliminary lessons of a bottom‐up WUA development approach in Central Asia
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DOI：
10.1002/ird.293
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发表时间：
2007-04
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
M. Yakubov;M. Hassan
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作者：
M. Yakubov;M. Hassan
本文借鉴了目前正在中亚费尔干纳河谷进行的一个开发项目在中亚灌溉管理转移方面的经验。该项目的一个主要特点是，它非常重视社会动员，以实现所需的水管理变革，并使基层群众得到适当的组织、教育和授权，真正拥有和管理他们的社区组织。本文通过对动员前后用户感知的分析，通过用户视角记录了水用户协会在态度和知识方面的变化以及表现。尽管迄今为止在提供的灌溉和排水服务的质量方面没有发现重大突破，但有明确迹象表明，通过密集动员、定期参与和让整个用水社区接触用水户协会的管理、规划和运营事项以及决策，增加了基层对水和灌溉管理的知识和意识，确实对他们的态度、行为、能力和技能产生了积极影响。大大增加了他们的整体社会资本，从而增加了他们改善生计的机会。版权所有©2007 John Wiley & Sons， Ltd
This paper draws upon experiences in Central Asia with irrigation management transfer arising from a development project currently underway in the Fergana Valley of Central Asia. One of the main features of the project is that it gives much attention to social mobilization in order to bring required water management change and get those at the grassroots duly organized, educated and empowered to truly self‐own and manage their community‐based organization. The paper, through analysis of users' perception before and after the mobilization, documents the changes in, attitudes and knowledge of, and the performance of water users' associations through, users' perspectives. Though no major breakthroughs have been found so far in the quality of irrigation and drainage services provided, there are clear indications that increased grassroots knowledge and awareness about water and irrigation management through intensive mobilization, regular involvement and exposure of the entire water user community to WUA management, planning and operation matters and decision‐making do have a positive bearing on their attitudes, behaviours, capacities and skills, adding considerably to their overall social capital and thus enhancing their chance for a better livelihood. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.