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Author : De Loe, R.
Date : 2001.
Title : Moving down the food chain: the increasing importance of local-level water management.
Publication : Integrated Water Resources Management . Edited by M.A. Mariņo and S.P. Simonovic.International Association of Hydrological Sciences Series of Proceedings and Reports.
Issue : 272:
Page(s) : 13-18.
Abstract
The aim in this paper is to highlight the role of local governments in decision making in water management, and the challenges that they face. In many jurisdictions the challenges are severe and can include the following: administrative boundaries that do not coincide with natural hydrological units (aquifers, watersheds); lack of skilled staff; limited financial resources; insufficient support for local-level water management from senior governments; and lack of local leadership due to a failure of local politicians to recognize the important role of local governments in water management. Despite these severe constraints, examples exist of local governments that have overcome these challenges. In Canada, both the federal and Ontario governments have significantly scaled back their water management activities in the past decade, leaving the local level with a de facto increased role.
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