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Problemshed or watershed? Participatory modeling towards IWRM in North Ghana
- Source :
- Water (Switzerland) 10 (2018) 6, Water, Water, MDPI, 2018, 10 (6), p. art. 721 [23 p.]. ⟨10.3390/w10060721⟩, Water (Switzerland), 10(6), Volume 10, Issue 6, Water, Vol 10, Iss 6, p 721 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This paper is a reflexive analysis of a three-year participatory water research project conducted in the Upper East Region (UER) of Ghana, whose explicit objective was to initiate a multi-level dialogue to support the national Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) policy framework. The transdisciplinary team adopted the Companion Modeling approach (ComMod), using role-playing games and a computerized agent-based model to support the identification of a problemshed centered on issues of river bank cultivation, erosion, and flooding, and initiate a multi-level dialogue on ways that this problemshed could be tackled. On the basis of this experience, we identify three key criteria for transdisciplinary research to support innovative water governance: (1) the iterative adaptation of tools and facilitation techniques based on feedback from participants<br />(2) a common understanding of the objectives pursued and the approach used among researchers, who need to explicit their posture, and crucially<br />(3) the co-identification of a problemshed that diverse stakeholders are interested in tackling. Finally, we argue that the context in which research is funded and conducted in the development sector constitutes a challenge for researchers to be &ldquo<br />participants like any other&rdquo<br />in the projects they coordinate, which constitutes a barrier to true transdisciplinarity.
- Subjects :
- Agent-based model
Water resources
lcsh:Hydraulic engineering
Process management
Role-playing game
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Geography, Planning and Development
[SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences
Context (language use)
010501 environmental sciences
Aquatic Science
Participatory modeling
01 natural sciences
Biochemistry
[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
lcsh:Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
Conservation de l'eau
lcsh:TC1-978
Transdisciplinarity
Reflexivity
AFRIQUE SUBSAHARIENNE
Gouvernance
Sociology
P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion
Adaptation (computer science)
Modélisation environnementale
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Water Science and Technology
lcsh:TD201-500
Sub-Saharan Africa
U10 - Informatique, mathématiques et statistiques
Corporate governance
Integrated water resources management
Citizen journalism
Companion modeling
Water Resources Management
6. Clean water
GHANA
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20734441
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Water (Switzerland) 10 (2018) 6, Water, Water, MDPI, 2018, 10 (6), p. art. 721 [23 p.]. ⟨10.3390/w10060721⟩, Water (Switzerland), 10(6), Volume 10, Issue 6, Water, Vol 10, Iss 6, p 721 (2018)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....42289683e9c3bc343ba67d47947479db