Connections and Collaborations of Local Water Management Organizations of Utah
Connections and Collaborations of Local Water Management Organizations of Utah
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犹他州当地水管理组织的联系与合作
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2017
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通讯作者：
D. Jackson‐Smith
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作者：
A. Armstrong;D. Jackson‐Smith
摘要 分散的水治理安排使美国西部的可持续水管理变得复杂，当地水管理组织（LWMO），包括市政当局和灌溉团体，直接管理输水系统。 LWMO 做出决定供水和管理的关键决策，但传统上并不相互合作。我们的研究探讨了 LWMO 在广泛的城市化背景下如何日益相互联系。我们利用对犹他州 LWMO 进行的三年定性研究（包括访谈和深入的定性案例研究）来分析 LWMO 之间出现或尚未发生合作的条件。我们的研究结果表明，历史上分散的 LWMO 正在基于其广泛的水基础设施联系开展合作。 LWMO 不会将合作努力转变为协作，除非这种协作能够保护内部利益。 LWMO 开展合作主要是为了减少基础设施故障时的责任。
ABSTRACT Fragmented water governance arrangements complicate sustainable water management in the western U.S. where local water management organizations (LWMOs), including municipalities and irrigation groups, directly manage water conveyance systems. LWMOs make critical decisions that determine water delivery and management, but have traditionally not collaborated with one another. Our research examines the ways in which LWMOs are increasingly interconnected within a context of widespread urbanization. We draw on three years of qualitative research on LWMOs in Utah, including interviews and in-depth qualitative case studies, to analyze the conditions under which collaborations between LWMOs emerge, or have not yet occurred. Our findings indicate that historically fragmented LWMOs are engaging in cooperative efforts based on their extensive water infrastructure connections. LWMOs did not transform cooperative efforts into collaborations unless such a collaboration protected internal interests. LWMOs engaged in collaborations primarily to reduce their liabilities in the instance of infrastructure failure.