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Participatory village surveys in water resources management - case from Tonle Sap Lake
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:09 authored by Marko KeskinenIntegrated water resources management asks for comprehensive approach combining hydrological data with environmental,
economic and social information. Understanding the interconnections between water and social factors is prerequisite for
sustainable and socially just water resources management. Still, in many water management projects this linkage remains
inadequately understood and analysed. In addition, participation of local people is often lacking or, at best, forms only
separate part of the project. This paper presents experiences from the participatory village surveys carried out in the
Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia within a consultancy project under the Mekong River Commission. The village surveys were
together with socio-economic databases used to achieve up-to-date picture on the socio-economic situation in the Tonle
Sap Area. Although participation of the local people in the project is still far from perfect, the village surveys illustrate
how invaluable the local people’s participation and knowledge is and what kind of benefits it can bring.
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KESKINEN, M., 2004. Participatory village surveys in water resources management - case from Tonle Sap Lake. IN: Godfrey, S. (ed). People-centred approaches to water and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 30th WEDC International Conference, Vientiane, Laos, 25-29 October 2004, pp. 353-356.Publisher
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