Muddling through water governance and water quality-comparative lessons from three governance regimes
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/w17182685" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/w17182685</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w17182685" target="_blank" >10.3390/w17182685</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Muddling through water governance and water quality-comparative lessons from three governance regimes
Original language description
This paper addresses water governance in the context of dissolved organic matter emissions into water bodies and cultural eutrophication. Through a comparative interdisciplinary analysis of cases from Norway, the Czech Republic, and China, it seeks to identify core principals of effective water governance and suggest strategies for achieving good ecological and chemical status of raw water. The analysis presents each case by exploring natural and societal processes, emphasising the interdependence between society and nature, and applying a theoretical framework. In this way, the paper contributes to the broader field of water governance studies. The central conclusion is that raw water quality results from 'muddling through' processes involving stakeholders with diverse and sometimes conflicting interests. Building the capabilities to manage such contingencies is essential for successful governance. Four critical dimensions are identified as key to this capability: (i) robust environmental knowledge and literacy., (ii) stronger representation of non-human interest., (iii) regulatory measures and economic incentives to enhance raw water quality., and (iv) integrated multi-level governance combining top-down and bottom-up approaches. Strengthening these dimensions can also help mitigate the structural economic pressure driving the exploitation of 'cheap nature'.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10503 - Water resources
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Water
ISSN
2073-4441
e-ISSN
2073-4441
Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
18
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
2685
UT code for WoS article
001579553800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105017856198