Identifying evolving priorities in national river governance from Parliamentary Questions
Identifying evolving priorities in national river governance from Parliamentary Questions
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DOI：
10.2166/wp.2022.125
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发表时间：
2022-09
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1.6
通讯作者：
A. Azhoni;I. Holman;R. Grabowski
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作者：
A. Azhoni;I. Holman;R. Grabowski
河流及其周围土地提供的资源和服务导致需要立法和机构干预的权衡，为此，法律政策制定者的观点及其社会价值观和政治权宜在决策中发挥着重要作用。本研究批判性地评估了具有复杂发展优先事项的大型民主选举政府不断演变的土地河流治理，以及立法者对河流管理新问题的认识如何影响共同池环境资源治理。我们选择了一个新兴经济体——印度——并使用混合方法分析了 1999 年至 2020 年的议会问题 (PQ)。经济发展、污染管理、社会文化价值观和国家间中心问题等相互冲突的优先事项塑造了陆地河流治理不断变化的优先事项。对大型水坝的关注度逐渐下降，加上对跨流域调水、河流保护和污染治理的关注度不断提高，这表明早先对河流进行灌溉和水力发电的狭隘观点正在发生转变。我们的分析表明，法律政策制定者的优先事项和政治权宜如何在河流治理中发挥关键作用，从而为可持续发展的公共环境资源治理提供重要见解，同时还确定重要的知识差距并建议跨学科研究的范围。
Rivers and their surrounding land provide resources and services that result in trade-offs requiring legislative and institutional interventions, for which the perspectives of law-policymakers and their societal values and political expediencies play a major role in decision-making. This study critically evaluates the evolving land–river governance in large democratically elected governments with complex developmental priorities and how law-policymakers’ recognition of emerging issues of river management influences common pool environmental resources governance. We selected an emerging economy – India – and analysed Parliamentary Questions (PQs) between 1999 and 2020 using a mixed method approach. Conflicting priorities over economic development, pollution management, socio-cultural values and inter-state–centre issues shape the evolving priorities of land–river governance. A declining focus on large-scale dams coupled with increasing attention on inter-basin water transfers, river conservation and pollution abatement, demonstrates an evolution away from the earlier narrow view of rivers for irrigation and hydropower. Our analysis demonstrates how the priorities of law-policymakers and political expedience play a critical role in river governance and thereby provide important insights into common pool environmental resources governance for sustainable development while also identifying important knowledge gaps and suggesting scopes for interdisciplinary studies.