1. The rationality of groundwater governance in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta’s coastal zone
- Author
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Hamer, Thomas, Dieperink, Carel, Tri, Van Pham Dang, Otter, Henriëtte S., Hoekstra, Piet, Environmental Governance, Proceskunde, Coastal dynamics, Fluvial systems and Global change, Environmental Governance, Proceskunde, and Coastal dynamics, Fluvial systems and Global change
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Groundwater governance ,Corporate governance ,Vietnamese ,groundwater depletion ,0208 environmental biotechnology ,rational governance ,Rationality ,02 engineering and technology ,stakeholder participation ,010501 environmental sciences ,Development ,01 natural sciences ,language.human_language ,020801 environmental engineering ,Geography ,Coastal zone ,language ,Water resource management ,Mekong delta ,Groundwater ,Vietnamese Mekong Delta ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Water Science and Technology - Abstract
This article assesses the rationality of the governance of the Vietnamese coastal zone’s water system. We first specify five assessment criteria, which we apply to a case study. Based on document analysis, stakeholder surveys and in-depth interviews, we found an average score on the criterion that relevant water system knowledge must be available. The scores on the criteria that water usage is systematically monitored, that the legal framework is complied with, that long-term human and wider ecological interests are addressed, and that governance is decentralized appeared to be low. The article concludes with some recommendations to change the governance system.
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- 2020