Governing river rehabilitation projects for transformative capacity development
SOURCE: Water Policy
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): P.Martel, C.Sutherland, S.Hannan
KEYWORDS: CAPACITY BUILDING, CONSERVATION OF NATURE, RIVERS, WATER SERVICE DELIVERY
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 12173
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/16612
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/16612
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): P.Martel, C.Sutherland, S.Hannan
KEYWORDS: CAPACITY BUILDING, CONSERVATION OF NATURE, RIVERS, WATER SERVICE DELIVERY
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 12173
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/16612
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/16612
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Abstract
River rehabilitation projects are framed as water security interventions in South Africa. They aim to address water quality and water quantity issues, as well as to improve socio-ecological relationships. These projects acknowledge the value of capacity building and social learning in enhancing water security. However, they adopt different governance approaches and hence have different knowledge construction and capacity building outcomes. This paper employs a 'governmentality' framework to analyse the capacity development processes within three river rehabilitation projects in Durban, South Africa. The analysis revealed that the three projects with their different governmentalities produced different capacity development modalities which are utilised to sustain 'the object of intervention' in each river rehabilitation project. However, despite these differences, information as the currency of action; the context or site of learning; the importance of building state' citizen relationships; and the need for bridges or intermediaries, emerged as common elements which support capacity building and knowledge sharing across all three projects.-
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