Improving water governance in New Zealand: stakeholder views of catchment management processes and plans

Authors

  • Andrew Fenemor
  • Diarmuid Neilan
  • Will Allen
  • Shona Russell

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v7i4.4397

Keywords:

water governance in New Zealand, water management planning by regional and unitary councils, Resource Management Act 1991, RMA, Local Government Act, sustainable development, Treaty of Waitangi, Waikato River Authority, Environment Canterbury, planning methods attributes

Abstract

Water governance refers to the institutions, legislation and decision-making processes applied to develop and manage water resources. As pressures on water resources increase there has been a realisation that technocratically-driven water management has not achieved desired sustainability outcomes. Attention must be focused not only on better scientific understanding of water and its values and uses, but also on what constitutes good water governance.

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Policy Quarterly volume 7 number 4 2011

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2011-11-01

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Vol. 7 No. 4 (2011): Policy Quarterly

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