The Role of Collective Action in Water Governance: A Comparative Study of Groundwater User Associations in La Mancha Aquifers in Spain
The Role of Collective Action in Water Governance: A Comparative Study of Groundwater User Associations in La Mancha Aquifers in Spain
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集体行动在水治理中的作用：西班牙拉曼恰含水层地下水用户协会的比较研究
DOI：
10.1080/02508060308691711
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
E. López
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作者：
E. López
摘要本文分析了西班牙水资源集体管理存在的问题。本文有两个主要目标：首先，它提供了一个简短的介绍下的水用户协会（WUAs），一些可以追溯到十二世纪的集体水管理的悠久传统。它讨论了有利于集体水管理的立法和体制框架。第二个目标是在更具体的层面上进行分析，重点是地下水作为传统的共有资源的特殊情况和互利集体行动问题。它通过应用机构发展框架和深入分析导致MBCA的关键因素来做到这一点。一个比较的案例研究方法适用于三个主要含水层在中部Mancha地区。它指出了用水、未用和农业系统在促进鼓励集体行动的因素方面可以发挥的重要作用。它还强调了社会资本的相关性，即用水户协会与水务局等行政部门之间的信任。它的结论是，虽然补贴和付款等解决方案可以帮助减轻含水层的过度使用，但这些都不是一个长期或可持续的选择（经济或可持续）。只有合理的用水者组织制度设计才有利于农民自治和管理。
Abstract The paper analyzes the problem of collective water management in Spain. The paper has two main objectives: first it provides a brief introduction on long established traditions for collective water management under Water User Associations (WUAs), some dating back to the twelfth century. It discusses the legislative and institutional frameworks that have favored collective water management. The second objective is an analysis at a more specific level, by focusing on the particular case of groundwater as a traditional common pool resource and the problem of mutually beneficial collective action (MBCA). It does so by applying the Institutional Development Framework and an in depth analysis of key factors leading to MBCA. A comparative case study approach is applied to three main aquifers in the central Mancha region. It points to the importance that WUAS can play in facilitating factors that encourage collective action. It also highlights the relevance of social capital as trust between WUAs and the administration, like Water Authorities. It concludes that while solutions like subsidies and payments can help mitigate aquifer overuse, these are not a long-term or sustainable option (economically or sustainably). Only sound institutional design of Water User organizations can favor self-governance and management by farmers.