Interactive Approaches to Water Governance in Asia
Co-publication with Other Foreign Publishers
Springer
This book applies interactive perspectives, which have historically mainly been discussed in the context of Western European countries, to case studies on water governance in Asia. It examines how these perspectives can be used to reveal complex and dynamic interactions in water governance in Asia, and how interactions between policies and practices, as well as those between formal institutes and emerging informal institutes, come to pass. In two introductory chapters and seven case studies in Asia (two from China, and each one from Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and India), the book reveals the interactive forms currently emerging in Asia under hierarchical but often fragmented administrative systems.
In addition, it explores emerging hybrid forms of interactive governance, which bring together governmental and non-governmental actors, and discusses how the expected role of government and roles of non-governmental actors could be changed to solve problems in a more cooperative manner. In this context, researchers from outside the locality could play an important role, helping facilitate such forms of interactive governance.
The book offers extensive information on the essential features of interactive forms, and on the role of such transdisciplinary approaches, making it a valuable resource not only for scholars and university students, but also for policymakers and grass-roots practitioners directly involved in the interactive process of water governance.
■ Interactive Approaches to Water Governance in Asia
■ Edited by Kenji Otsuka
■ 225pp
■ Published in 2019
■ ISBN978-981-13-2398-0
CONTENTS
1
Interactive
Perspectives
on
Water
Governance
in
Asia
Kenji
Otsuka
2
Citizen
Initiatives
in
Water
Governance
in
the
Netherlands:
Reflection
and
Implication
to
Asian
Cases
Jurian
Edelenbos
3
Contextual
Factors
Affecting
the
Modes
of
Interaction
in
Governance:
The
Case
of
Dam
Removal
in
Japan
Tomohiko
Ohno
4
Interactive
Participation
Under
a
Fragmented
Administration
System:
Watershed
Governance
in
Zhejiang
Province,
China
Guohan
Liu
5
Interactive
Governance
of
Water
Environment
in
Taihu
Lake
Basin:
A
Challenge
of
Legitimacy
Under
the
Authoritarian
Regime
in
China
Kenji
Otsuka
6
Civil
Society
and
Water
Governance
in
Northern
Thailand:
Local
NGOs
and
Management
of
Mekong’s
Tributaries
in
Chiang
Rai
Siriporn
Wajjwalku
7
Interactive
Governance
for
Sustainable
Resource
Use
and
Environmental
Management:
A
Case
Study
of
Yaman
ng
Lawa
Initiative
in
the
Laguna
Lake
Watershed,
Philippines
Tadayoshi
Masuda
8
Action
Research
Aimed
at
Contextualizing
Partnership
in
Irrigation
Water
Management
in
South
Sulawesi,
Indonesia
Kazuko
Oguni
9
Interactive
Governance
at
Anasagar
Lake
Management
in
India:
Analyzing
Using
Institutional
Analysis
Development
Framework
Mansee
Bhargava