Gewählte Master / Diploma Thesis:
Philippe Floch
(2005):
Water User Associations as Means of preventing and Dealing with Conflict.
Master / Diploma Thesis,
BOKU-Universität für Bodenkultur.
UB BOKU
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Data Source: ZID Abstracts
- Abstract:
- The extension of the Uda Walawe Irrigation Scheme, located in southern Sri
Lanka, will have multiple impacts, both on the environment and the existing
users of the Irrigation Scheme. The study focused both on the hydrological
setup and the institutional arrangements to assess the impacts of water resource development on competition and conflict. Moreover, indigenous
mechanism of conflict resolution were analyzed. The important role of water
user associations as facilitators was examined intensively, revealing that an
active involvement of farmers into the elected bodies is a key to reduce the
vulnerability to local environmental conflicts. Excluding users
from these groups therefore impacts on rural livelihood by exposing the
community to exaggerated competition and conflict while on the other hand
reducing the productivity of water.
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Beurteilende(r):
Loiskandl Willibald