TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-level governance and politics of innovation uptake in the water sector
AU - Daniell, Katherine A.
AU - Coombes, Peter J.
AU - White, Ian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 34th IAHR Congress 2011. All rights reserved.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Water security has arisen as a key challenge that Australia and many other countries around the world must manage more effectively. The challenge involves understanding complex multi-level governance systems and both the open and behind the scenes negotiations and political manoeuvrings that are played out between private companies, utility providers, communities and all levels of government in efforts to protect their interests. With much money being thrown at projects that may set the course of water management practice for decades to come, the stakes in the water policy game are higher than ever. This paper describes cases in Australia, China and Bulgaria where multi-level processes and struggles are occurring to define major water policy and management agendas. Descriptions and analysis are given of the interests and politics that impact on uptake of innovation, and the attainment of water secure and sustainable futures.
AB - Water security has arisen as a key challenge that Australia and many other countries around the world must manage more effectively. The challenge involves understanding complex multi-level governance systems and both the open and behind the scenes negotiations and political manoeuvrings that are played out between private companies, utility providers, communities and all levels of government in efforts to protect their interests. With much money being thrown at projects that may set the course of water management practice for decades to come, the stakes in the water policy game are higher than ever. This paper describes cases in Australia, China and Bulgaria where multi-level processes and struggles are occurring to define major water policy and management agendas. Descriptions and analysis are given of the interests and politics that impact on uptake of innovation, and the attainment of water secure and sustainable futures.
KW - Innovation
KW - Multi-level governance
KW - Negotiation
KW - Politics
KW - Water management
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M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - 34th IAHR Congress 2011 - Balance and Uncertainty: Water in a Changing World, Incorporating the 33rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium and the 10th Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering
SP - 2014
EP - 2023
BT - 34th IAHR Congress 2011 - Balance and Uncertainty
PB - International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
T2 - 34th IAHR Congress 2011 - Balance and Uncertainty: Water in a Changing World, Incorporating the 33rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium and the 10th Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering
Y2 - 26 June 2011 through 1 July 2011
ER -