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Rationale for the research

Integrated River Basin Management Case Study : Mountain-River-Lake (MRL) Program PhD researcher: Qiong Zhou ( Joanna ) Supervisors: Chris Bradley, Dominique Moran, Julian Clark, Gilles Pinay August 1, 2012 Postgraduate Conference, GEES, UoB. Rationale for the research.

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Rationale for the research

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  1. Integrated River Basin ManagementCase Study : Mountain-River-Lake (MRL)ProgramPhD researcher: Qiong Zhou ( Joanna )Supervisors: Chris Bradley, Dominique Moran, Julian Clark, Gilles PinayAugust 1, 2012Postgraduate Conference, GEES, UoB

  2. Rationale for the research • Water crisis - a crisis of governance • Integrated Water Resource Management / Integrated Water Basin Management (IWBM) • ‘Integration’ challenges – scale issue, sectoral coordination, interdiscinplinary interaction, etc. • Challenges of current management mechanisms of IWBM • ALLAN, J. A., ABDULRAHMAN, S. A. & WARREN, W. W. (2003) Integrated water resources management is more a political than a technical challenge. Developments in Water Science. Elsevier. • ATTWATER, R., BOOTH, C. & GUTHRIE, A. C. (2005) The role of contestable concepts in transdisciplinary management of water in the landscape. Syst. Res, 22, 185-192. • COHEN, A. & DAVIDSON, S. (2011) The watershed approach: Challenges, antecedents, and the transition from technical tool to governance unit. Water Alternatives, 4, 1-14. • GOOCH, G. D. & STÅLNACKE, P. (2010) Science, Policy and Stakeholders in Water Management: An Integrated Approach to River Basin Management, Earthscan/James & James. • GWP (Global Water Partnership, Techinical Advisory Committee). (2000) Integrated water resources management. Stockholm, Sweden; Global Water Partnership. • JØNCH-CLAUSEN, T. & FUGL, J. (2001) Firming up the conceptual basis of integrated water resources management. Water Resources, 17, 501-510. • WANG, Y. (2007a) Taking stock of integrated river basin management in china, Beijing, China, Science Press. • WANG, Y. (2007b) 中国水问题、治理转型与体制创新. 22. • HU, Zhenpeng Theory and Practice on Integrated Watershed Management – Case Study of Mountain-River-Lake Program (in Chinese), Science Press, Beijing, ISBN 978-7-03-027199-0, April 2010 • The Office of the Mountain-River-Lake Development Committee of Jiangxi Province, MRLDO, - Presentation to Partners, 2008, document of MRLDO, Jiangxi, China

  3. Research Aim: • To propose a strategic framework for understanding how Integrated Water Basin Management is practising, through the case study of Mountain-River-Lake (MRL) Program of Jiangxi Province of China. • Research Objectives: • Field experimental practices - policy making • (bottom-up, top-down) • Stakeholders interaction in multi-level governance regimes • (sectoral interaction, interdisciplinary interaction) • Public participation • (farmers’ self-help group development, NGO involvement)

  4. ALLAN, J. A., ABDULRAHMAN, S. A. & WARREN, W. W. (2003) Integrated water resources management is more a political than a technical challenge. Developments in Water Science. Elsevier. ATTWATER, R., BOOTH, C. & GUTHRIE, A. C. (2005) The role of contestable concepts in transdisciplinary management of water in the landscape. Syst. Res, 22, 185-192. BERKES, F. (2009) Evolution of co-management: Role of knowledge generation, bridging organizations and social learning. Journal of environmental management, 90, 1692-1702. BRUNNER, R. D. (2010) Adaptive governance as a reform strategy. Policy Sciences, 1-41. BUNCH, M. J., MORRISON, K. E., PARKES, M. W. & VENEMA, H. D. (2011) Promoting Health and Well-Being by Managing for Social–Ecological Resilience: the Potential of Integrating Ecohealth and Water Resources Management Approaches. Ecology and Society, 16, 6. COHEN, A. & DAVIDSON, S. (2011) The watershed approach: Challenges, antecedents, and the transition from technical tool to governance unit. Water Alternatives, 4, 1-14. FOLKE, C. (2007) Social–ecological systems and adaptive governance of the commons. Ecological research, 22, 14-15. FOLKE, C., HAHN, T., OLSSON, P. & NORBERG, J. (2005) Adaptive governance of social-ecological systems. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 30, 441. GOOCH, G. D. & STÅLNACKE, P. (2010) Science, Policy and Stakeholders in Water Management: An Integrated Approach to River Basin Management, Earthscan/James & James. GUNDERSON, L. & LIGHT, S. S. (2006) Adaptive management and adaptive governance in the everglades ecosystem. Policy Sciences, 39, 323-334. HATFIELD-DODDS, S., NELSON, R. & COOK, D. (2006) Adaptive governance: an introduction, and implications for public policy. HOLLING, C. (1978) Adaptive environmental assessment and management, John Wiley & Sons. ISON, R., RÖLING, N. & WATSON, D. (2007) Challenges to science and society in the sustainable management and use of water: investigating the role of social learning. Environmental Science & Policy, 10, 499-511. JØNCH-CLAUSEN, T. & FUGL, J. (2001) Firming up the conceptual basis of integrated water resources management. Water Resources, 17, 501-510. LEBEL, L., GROTHMANN, T. & SIEBENHÜNER, B. (2010) The role of social learning in adaptiveness: insights from water management. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 1-21. PAHL-WOSTL, C. (2008) Requirements for adaptive water management. Adaptive and Integrated Water Management, 1-22. WANG, Y. (2007a) Taking stock of integrated river basin management in china, Beijing, China, Science Press. WANG, Y. (2007b) 中国水问题、治理转型与体制创新. 22. HU, Zhenpeng Theory and Practice on Integrated Watershed Management – Case Study of Mountain-River-Lake Program (in Chinese), Science Press, Beijing, ISBN 978-7-03-027199-0, April 2010 The Office of the Mountain-River-Lake Development Committee of Jiangxi Province, MRLDO, - Presentation to Partners, 2008, document of MRLDO, Jiangxi, China (Claudia Pahl-Wostl, 2007) Basic concept • Adaptive governance – complexity, uncertainty; polycentric governance style, participatory approach • Social learning – bridging organization, stakeholder interaction, collective action and collaboration • BERKES, F. (2009) Evolution of co-management: Role of knowledge generation, bridging organizations and social learning. Journal of environmental management, 90, 1692-1702. • BRUNNER, R. D. (2010) Adaptive governance as a reform strategy. Policy Sciences, 1-41. • BUNCH, M. J., MORRISON, K. E., PARKES, M. W. & VENEMA, H. D. (2011) Promoting Health and Well-Being by Managing for Social–Ecological Resilience: the Potential of Integrating Ecohealth and Water Resources Management Approaches. Ecology and Society, 16, 6. • FOLKE, C. (2007) Social–ecological systems and adaptive governance of the commons. Ecological research, 22, 14-15. • FOLKE, C., HAHN, T., OLSSON, P. & NORBERG, J. (2005) Adaptive governance of social-ecological systems. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 30, 441. • GUNDERSON, L. & LIGHT, S. S. (2006) Adaptive management and adaptive governance in the everglades ecosystem. Policy Sciences, 39, 323-334. • HATFIELD-DODDS, S., NELSON, R. & COOK, D. (2006) Adaptive governance: an introduction, and implications for public policy. • HOLLING, C. (1978) Adaptive environmental assessment and management, John Wiley & Sons. • ISON, R., RÖLING, N. & WATSON, D. (2007) Challenges to science and society in the sustainable management and use of water: investigating the role of social learning. Environmental Science & Policy, 10, 499-511. • LEBEL, L., GROTHMANN, T. & SIEBENHÜNER, B. (2010) The role of social learning in adaptiveness: insights from water management. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 1-21. • PAHL-WOSTL, C. (2008) Requirements for adaptive water management. Adaptive and Integrated Water Management, 1-22.

  5. Poyang Lake and River Basin Research area Yangtze River Population: 44 million Total Area: 166,900 km2 Poyang Lake: Largest freshwater lake in China Province ~ Watershed (97%)

  6. Case study Mountain-River-Lake Program (1980s – ) ‘To manage the lake, the rivers must be harnessed; to harness the rivers, the mountains should be protected; to protect the mountains, the poverty of the community should be alleviated.’ ‘Based on ecology while keep economy in mind, to manage the natural resources in a comprehensive way.’ Challenges in 1980s • Flooding • Sedimentation • Erosion • Cross-sectoral coordination/MRL Committee • Interdisciplinary interaction/Scientific consultant committee • Cross-level interaction/experimental implementation • Cooperation/international networking

  7. Transportation infrastructure

  8. MRL Program • Poyang Lake water basin • - 11 prefectures • - 99 counties • SMDJP project • 7 small watersheds of Gan River sub-watershed • Located in 4 counties of Ganzhou Prefecture

  9. SMDJP project :Sino-German cooperation Provincial depart. & research institutes Chinese partners International experts Prefectural Bureaus & technical institutes County governmental agencies • - County committee • Participatory land use planning team • Key group of trainers Township Gov. & agencies Villages/ watersheds

  10. Thanks! Questions?

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