Managing Waters of the Paraiba do Sul River Basin, Brazil: A Case Study in Institutional Change and Social Learning

dc.contributor.authorKumler, Lori M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLemos, Maria Carmenen_US
dc.coverage.countryBrazilen_US
dc.coverage.regionSouth Americaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:52:51Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:52:51Z
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.date.submitted2009-02-04en_US
dc.date.submitted2009-02-04en_US
dc.description.abstract"This article examines the implementation of integrated water-management institutions in the Paraiba do Sul River basin in southeast Brazil. It argues that social learning has been critical in facilitating reform implementation so far, and will likely continue to be an important factor for the future sustainability of the new management system. There has been a synergistic relationship between social learning and Brazils water-reform hybrid governance institutions, in which social learning facilitated the implementation of the reforms new institutions, which in turn enabled further learning in the context of the river basin committees decision-making process. Through interviews, surveys, and observations, we identified social-learning capacities, including trust, an ability to work together, and the committees shared understanding of the institutions problems, possibilities, and mission. Effective management through social learning was demonstrated by the institutions adaptive capacity in the face of a severe drought."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalEcology and Societyen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthJanuaryen_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber2en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume13en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/2704
dc.subjectinstitutional analysisen_US
dc.subjectriver basinsen_US
dc.subjectwater management--policyen_US
dc.subjectsocial behavioren_US
dc.subject.sectorWater Resource & Irrigationen_US
dc.titleManaging Waters of the Paraiba do Sul River Basin, Brazil: A Case Study in Institutional Change and Social Learningen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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