Governing Water Resource Allocation: Water User Association Characteristics and the Role of the State

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dc.article.number2436
dc.catalogadoraba
dc.contributor.authorEngler, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorMelo Contreras, Óscar
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez, Francisca
dc.contributor.authorPeñafiel, Bárbara
dc.contributor.authorJara Rojas, Roberto
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-10T13:33:11Z
dc.date.available2023-07-10T13:33:11Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractWater, as a common pool resource, is threatened by the possibility of overextraction generating a negative economic impact, conflicts among users, and greater income inequality. Scholars have discussed different governance approaches to deal with this threat, including centralized governance and self-governance, and lately, special attention has been paid to the interactions between formal institutions (the state) and local water user associations and how this promotes self-governance. The aim of this paper was to examine the adoption of Ostrom’s design principles present in the legal norms dictated in the Chilean Water Code by water user associations and to analyze the roles of their size, community homogeneity, and perceived water stress on adopting legal norms. The results showed that water communities generally follow the rules established in the Water Code, but the voting system, distribution of water, and fee payment are adjusted in small and homogenous water user associations. We can also conclude that a cornerstone in the system is implementing graduated sanctions, as water users see the tools provided by the Water Code as ineffective.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2023-07-11
dc.fuente.origenORCID
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/w13172436
dc.identifier.eissn2073-4441
dc.identifier.urihttp://doi.org/10.3390/w13172436
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/74123
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000694492600001
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Agronomía e Ingenieria Forestal; Engler Palma, María Alejandra; 0000-0002-8154-5971; 1182102
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Agronomía e Ingenieria Forestal; Melo Contreras, Óscar; 0000-0002-9136-5413; 77463
dc.issue.numero17
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido completo
dc.pagina.final18
dc.pagina.inicio1
dc.revistaWateres_ES
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.licenseAtribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectWater resourceses_ES
dc.subjectGovernance systemes_ES
dc.subjectWater user communitieses_ES
dc.subject.ddc600
dc.subject.deweyTecnologíaes_ES
dc.subject.ods01 No poverty
dc.subject.odspa01 Fin de la pobreza
dc.titleGoverning Water Resource Allocation: Water User Association Characteristics and the Role of the State
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen13
sipa.codpersvinculados1182102
sipa.codpersvinculados77463
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