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A study of an integrated management initiative to improve the Berg River, Western Cape, South Africa
Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) is acclaimed as an important paradigm in the sustainable management of water resources. While the logic of IWRM is largely undisputed, it is often criticised for lacking sufficient guidance on its practical implementation. The gap between theory and practi...
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| description | Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) is acclaimed as an important paradigm in the sustainable management of water resources. While the logic of IWRM is largely undisputed, it is often criticised for lacking sufficient guidance on its practical implementation. The gap between theory and practice in IWRM is mainly attributed to divergent interpretations of integration and how implementation should be practically pursued in water governance regimes. This research contributes to the on-going discussion around IWRM by investigating an integrated management initiative in the Berg River Catchment, in the Western Cape, South Africa. The Berg River Partnership (BRP) is a collective of government and non-government actors and stakeholders working together in an effort to improve the Berg River. The Berg River is a socially and economically important water system within the region, supporting a number of crucial industries. The Berg River is also under serious environmental stress due to polluted urban runoff, wastewater effluent discharges, agricultural runoff and the presence of alien invasive flora. The Management and Transition Framework (MTF) is adopted in this study as the framework that underpins the structured analysis of the Berg River Partnership, allowing the principles of IWRM to be identified and assessed in the governance structures and processes of the BRP. The study demonstrates how some principles of IWRM are practically implemented within the Berg River Partnership, while confirming some of the limitations of implementing IWRM. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/22971 A study of an integrated management initiative to improve the Berg River, Western Cape, South Africa Locke, Kent Winter, Kevin Environment and Geographical Science Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) is acclaimed as an important paradigm in the sustainable management of water resources. While the logic of IWRM is largely undisputed, it is often criticised for lacking sufficient guidance on its practical implementation. The gap between theory and practice in IWRM is mainly attributed to divergent interpretations of integration and how implementation should be practically pursued in water governance regimes. This research contributes to the on-going discussion around IWRM by investigating an integrated management initiative in the Berg River Catchment, in the Western Cape, South Africa. The Berg River Partnership (BRP) is a collective of government and non-government actors and stakeholders working together in an effort to improve the Berg River. The Berg River is a socially and economically important water system within the region, supporting a number of crucial industries. The Berg River is also under serious environmental stress due to polluted urban runoff, wastewater effluent discharges, agricultural runoff and the presence of alien invasive flora. The Management and Transition Framework (MTF) is adopted in this study as the framework that underpins the structured analysis of the Berg River Partnership, allowing the principles of IWRM to be identified and assessed in the governance structures and processes of the BRP. The study demonstrates how some principles of IWRM are practically implemented within the Berg River Partnership, while confirming some of the limitations of implementing IWRM. 2017-01-24T09:08:22Z 2017-01-24T09:08:22Z 2016 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22971 eng application/pdf Department of Environmental and Geographical Science Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Environment and Geographical Science Locke, Kent A study of an integrated management initiative to improve the Berg River, Western Cape, South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | A study of an integrated management initiative to improve the Berg River, Western Cape, South Africa |
| title_full | A study of an integrated management initiative to improve the Berg River, Western Cape, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | A study of an integrated management initiative to improve the Berg River, Western Cape, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | A study of an integrated management initiative to improve the Berg River, Western Cape, South Africa |
| title_short | A study of an integrated management initiative to improve the Berg River, Western Cape, South Africa |
| title_sort | study of an integrated management initiative to improve the berg river western cape south africa |
| topic | Environment and Geographical Science |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22971 |
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