TY - JOUR
T1 - Upper San Pedro Basin
T2 - Fostering collaborative binational watershed management
AU - Browning-Aiken, Anne
AU - Richter, Holly
AU - Goodrich, David
AU - Strain, Bob
AU - Varady, Robert
N1 - Funding Information: programme has allocated an additional US$16.3 million to develop proposals (Border Environment Cooperation Commission & NadBank, 2004). Cananea has applied for a water-treatment system, but the project has stalled for lack of financial support from the state of Sonora (Fernando Macias, 2003, private conversation).
PY - 2004/9
Y1 - 2004/9
N2 - Successful binational planning and management of water resources is a complex process dependent on informed decision-making across diverse economic, social and political sectors. Additional technical and scientific information is often required as a part of this process. A critical factor in this process is how effectively social and physical scientists can help build collaboration and trust among stakeholders, water and land managers, and policy-makers. Within the international San Pedro River Basin, disparities between Mexico and the USA regarding economic development and political orientation, combined with a highly variable and complex physical setting, suggest that the successful engagement of scientists with communities and stakeholders will be essential for addressing challenges in water management. Based upon concepts associated with collective action theory, adaptive management and conflict resolution, the present paper proposes a process for fostering collaborative binational water management in basins such as the San Pedro that span international borders.
AB - Successful binational planning and management of water resources is a complex process dependent on informed decision-making across diverse economic, social and political sectors. Additional technical and scientific information is often required as a part of this process. A critical factor in this process is how effectively social and physical scientists can help build collaboration and trust among stakeholders, water and land managers, and policy-makers. Within the international San Pedro River Basin, disparities between Mexico and the USA regarding economic development and political orientation, combined with a highly variable and complex physical setting, suggest that the successful engagement of scientists with communities and stakeholders will be essential for addressing challenges in water management. Based upon concepts associated with collective action theory, adaptive management and conflict resolution, the present paper proposes a process for fostering collaborative binational water management in basins such as the San Pedro that span international borders.
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U2 - 10.1080/0790062042000248574
DO - 10.1080/0790062042000248574
M3 - Article
SN - 0790-0627
VL - 20
SP - 353
EP - 367
JO - International Journal of Water Resources Development
JF - International Journal of Water Resources Development
IS - 3
ER -