Institutional analysis of water governance in the Colorado River Basin, 1922–2022 DOI Creative Commons
Krista L. Lawless, Margaret Garcia, Dave D. White

et al.

Frontiers in Water, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6

Published: Nov. 26, 2024

The 1922 Colorado River Compact started the long history of water governance in Basin. Over last century, institutional structure has shaped basin. However, an understanding long-term evolution is lacking. This study examines how management strategies have evolved at basin scale by incorporating institutional, temporal, and network analysis methods to examine changes. Content was employed systematically investigate encouraged and/or discouraged actions different rule levels. examined four points time map structure, actors, level which rules are issued targeted. Using analysis, we found constitutional, operational, collective-choice for supply, storage, movement, use been altered via layering new without major or responsibility alteration. results indicate that key decision-making positions remained actors who issue targeted lack significant change. We original power maintained, potentially stagnating space problem-solving strategy renegotiation. Our path dependency able influence decision-making.

Language: Английский

Procedural justice for whom? A case study of a densification project DOI Creative Commons
Azadeh Shahrad, Sanna Stålhammar, Natalie Marie Gulsrud

et al.

Local Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 21

Published: Jan. 8, 2025

Realising just and equitable pathways to urbanisation is a major challenge in urban research practice. Environmental justice literature outlines approaches for distribution meaningful public participation by including recognising different groups of residents. Despite institutionalised support procedures planning, citizens do not necessarily perceive outcomes as inclusive. This paper aims understand critically examine procedural the development process marginalised neighbourhood Malmö, Sweden. We use theories communicative planning provide layered assessment justice. The overall findings show critical discrepancies between perceived legal guidelines are vague lack consistency implementation from city's point view. turn weakens citizen influence participation. Additionally, this case reveals novel tensions operationalising during COVID-19 pandemic. concludes that even if there mandatory requirement with affected citizens, planners must represent various interests, being operationalised. Just transformation environment requires further unpacking interaction official, applied, lived dimensions

Language: Английский

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Port Cleaner Trucks and Environmental Justice in the Greater New York Area DOI

Yeonkyeong Gina Park,

Haoyang Gao

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 979, P. 179396 - 179396

Published: April 24, 2025

Language: Английский

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Institutional analysis of water governance in the Colorado River Basin, 1922–2022 DOI Creative Commons
Krista L. Lawless, Margaret Garcia, Dave D. White

et al.

Frontiers in Water, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6

Published: Nov. 26, 2024

The 1922 Colorado River Compact started the long history of water governance in Basin. Over last century, institutional structure has shaped basin. However, an understanding long-term evolution is lacking. This study examines how management strategies have evolved at basin scale by incorporating institutional, temporal, and network analysis methods to examine changes. Content was employed systematically investigate encouraged and/or discouraged actions different rule levels. examined four points time map structure, actors, level which rules are issued targeted. Using analysis, we found constitutional, operational, collective-choice for supply, storage, movement, use been altered via layering new without major or responsibility alteration. results indicate that key decision-making positions remained actors who issue targeted lack significant change. We original power maintained, potentially stagnating space problem-solving strategy renegotiation. Our path dependency able influence decision-making.

Language: Английский

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