Organizational Dynamics of Watershed Partnerships: A Key to Integrated Water Resources Management

摘要: One of the most significant institutional innovations in natural resources and environmental management over past decade or so has been widespread emergence growth collaborative partnershipbased watershed initiatives (John 1994, Griffin 1999, National Research Council Sabatier et al. 2005). These vary from traditional approaches are used across multiple water scales. Their distinguishing hallmarks are: decentralized shared, devolved decision-making; collaboration; participatory engagement a wide array stakeholders; expanded goals concerned with broader ecosystem sustainability (Born Genskow 2000, Weber Koontz 2004). In many cases, these form place-based nexus for actors attempting to address complex resource issues, they have become governance mechanisms implementing integrated management. As planning evolves accommodate interests working partnership achieve more coordinated management, challenges emerged regard predicting success evaluating effectiveness (Bellamy Kenney Leach Pelkey 2001, Lubell 2002, Conley Moote 2003). We would like focus attention on one aspect initiatives—their highly dynamic organizational character functioning time space. instances, efforts results related not simply result workings singular entity partnership, but rather aggregation activities within an field network (Godschalk 1992, Alexander 1993, Korfmacher 2000). noted by Imperial Hennessey (2000):