Interactive Approaches to Water Governance in Asia

by Kenji Otsuka (Editor)

Overview

This book applies interactive perspectives, which have historically mainly been discussed in the context of Western European countries, to case studies on water governance in Asia. It examines how these perspectives can be used to reveal complex and dynamic interactions in water governance in Asia, and how interactions between policies and practices, as well as those between formal institutes and emerging informal institutes, come to pass. In two introductory chapters and seven case studies in Asia (two from China, and each one from Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and India), the book reveals the interactive forms currently emerging in Asia under hierarchical but often fragmented administrative systems.

In addition, it explores emerging hybrid forms of interactive governance, which bring together governmental and non-governmental actors, and discusses how the expected role of government and roles of non-governmental actors could be changed to solve problems in a more cooperative manner. In this context, researchers from outside the locality could play an important role, helping facilitate such forms of interactive governance.

The book offers extensive information on the essential features of interactive forms, and on the role of such transdisciplinary approaches, making it a valuable resource not only for scholars and university students, but also for policymakers and grass-roots practitioners directly involved in the interactive process of water governance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811323980
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	01/13/2019
Edition description:	1st ed. 2019
Pages:	225
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kenji Otsuka is a Senior Research Fellow with the Environment and Natural Resource Studies Group at the Interdisciplinary Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO in Chiba, Japan. His research interests are in environmental issues, policies and social change in China, as well as multi-stakeholder governance for water, environment and health; and disaster risk reduction in Asia. He received his Master’s in Environmental Science and PhD in Environmental Studies from Tsukuba University. He has been involved in various joint research projects with Chinese counterparts, including both governmental research institutes and NGOs, at the IDE since 1993, and conducted a pilot research project based on community roundtable meetings to promote dialogue among local residents, enterprises and government in Taihu Lake Basin with his counterparts from 2008 to 2011. He also co-organized a joint research project on river and lake basin governance in China with the Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum from 2004 to 2011. He is a co-author of Development of Environmental Policy in Japan and Asian Countries, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2007.

Table of Contents

1. Interactive Perspectives on Water Governance in Asia.- 2. Citizen Initiatives in Water Governance in the Netherlands:Reflection and Implications to Asian Cases.- 3. Contextual Factors Affecting the Modes of Interaction in Governance: The Case of Dam Removal in Japan.- 4. Interactive Participation under a Fragmented Administration System: Watershed Governance in Zhejiang Province, China.- 5. Interactive Governance of Water Environment in Taihu Lake Basin: A Challenge of Legitimacy under the Authoritarian System in China.- 6. Civil Society and Water Governance in Northern Thailand: Local NGOs and Management of Mekong’s tributaries in Chiangrai.- 7. Interactive Governance for Sustainable Resource Use and Environmental Management: A Case Study of Yaman ng Lawa Initiative in the Laguna Lake Watershed, the Philippines.- 8. Action Research Aimed at Contextualizing Partnership in Irrigation Water Management in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.