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The Expanding Institutional Context for Water Resources Management: The Case of the Grand River Watershed

Pages 227-244 | Published online: 23 Jan 2013
 

Abstract

The context in which water resources management operates continues to expand as governance regimes are recognized as polycentric in structure and institutions are more broadly interpreted. This paper explores the “expanded” institutional context for water resources management. Institutions of water resources management in Ontario are presented and a chronology of management in the Grand River watershed is detailed to illustrate the breadth and depth of institutions in practice. Examining the institutional context of the Grand River watershed confirms the shift in governance, affirms the merits of broadly understanding institutions and recognizes their polycentric nature. The article closes by considering the implications to the nested-basin approach of water resources management.

Le contexte dans lequel la direction des ressources des eaux fonctionne continue à développer selon qu’on reconnaît les régimes de gouvernance comme “polycentric” en structure et que les institutions sont plus entièrement interprétées. Cette étude examine le contexte institutionnel “expantionel” pour la direction des ressources des eaux. Les institutions de la direction des ressources des eaux en Ontario sont présentées succinctement et une chronique de la direction dans la ligne de partage des eaux (watershed) de Grand River est détaillée pour illustrer la largeur et la profondeur des institutions qui existent aujourd’hui. En examinant les contextes institutionnels de la ligne de partage de Grand River, on peut confirmer le changement de gouvernance, le mérite de comprendre en gros les institutions et la reconnaissance de leur nature “polycentric”. Cette étude finit par considérer les implications à l’approche “nested-basin” de la direction des ressources des eaux.

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