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The Impact of Decentralization on Integrated Watershed Management (IWM): A Case Study in the Wanggu Watershed, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Alfian, Alfian
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0030-1204
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1588962127373195

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2020, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Environment and Natural Resources.
The complex system of watersheds involves interconnections of water cycles, human behaviors, and the surrounding environment. Growing demand for water resources due to expanding populations throughout the world has led to the need for better management of watersheds. An increasingly popular approach involves collaborative management of watersheds that engages stakeholders and governance actors working at different scales. At the same time, watershed management has been impacted by a trend toward the decentralization of government services and decision making, particularly in developing countries. Decentralized watershed governance often faces problems including the transfer of authority from federal to regional and local government, building the capacity and resources of local stakeholders, institutional conflicts over management of the watershed, and development of policies and regulations that support local collaborative approaches. Utilizing qualitative methods, this study builds on previous research on the necessary conditions and outcomes required for successful collaborative projects to explain the dynamics and outcomes associated with watershed management in the Wanggu Watershed, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Results found that many of the prerequisites for effective collaborative management exist at the provincial and local watershed scale. While there is evidence that processes have been put in place that supports collaborative management, particularly the role of a formal interagency watershed forum at the provincial level, evidence of successful implementation of programs and actual improvements in watershed conditions was less common. Some factors limiting success include political dynamics and turnover, and changes in regulations that do not always empower local leaders. In addition, the success of decentralized watershed governance was shaped by the presence of international aid organizations that were critical convenors of program implementation and participatory processes at the local level.
Douglas Jackson-Smith (Advisor)
Eric Toman (Committee Member)
Matthew Hamilton (Committee Member)
100 p.
Environmental Science; Natural Resource Management
Integrated watershed management; decentralization; collaborative management; multi-stakeholder collaboration; international development project; the Wanggu Watershed;

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  • Alfian, A. (2020). The Impact of Decentralization on Integrated Watershed Management (IWM): A Case Study in the Wanggu Watershed, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1588962127373195

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Alfian, Alfian. The Impact of Decentralization on Integrated Watershed Management (IWM): A Case Study in the Wanggu Watershed, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. 2020. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1588962127373195.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Alfian, Alfian. "The Impact of Decentralization on Integrated Watershed Management (IWM): A Case Study in the Wanggu Watershed, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1588962127373195

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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