Implementing the integrated water resources management approach in a volcanic river basin: a case study of Opak Sub-Basin, Indonesia. Issue 4 (1st October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ariyanti, Vicky; Edelenbos, Jurian; Scholten, Peter
• Is Part Of: Area development and policy. Volume 5:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 412
• Page End: 427
• Publication Date: 2020-10-01
• Subjects: integrated water resources management -- volcanic river basin -- multilevel governance -- interaction efforts -- integration level; ; 水资源综合治理 -- 火山河流盆地 -- 多层次治理 -- 相互努力 -- 综合水平; gestión integrada de los recursos hídricos -- cuenca hidrográfica volcánica -- gobernabilidad de varios niveles -- esfuerzos de interacción -- nivel de integración; интегрированное управление водными ресурсами -- вулканический речной бассейн -- многоуровневое управление -- усилия по взаимодействию -- уровень интеграции; Regional planning -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Economic development -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Rural-urban relations -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Human geography -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Rural-urban relations -- Periodicals; Human geography -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; 338.90091724
• DOI: 10.1080/23792949.2020.1726785
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-2949

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The ways in which integrated water resources management (IWRM) is implemented in a volcanic river basin (the Opak Sub-Basin) on the flanks of Mt Merapi volcano in Indonesia is examined. Data deriving from semi-ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews are analysed through a multilevel governance lens that considers three pillars of management – conservation, utilization and hazard control – and three levels of governance – national, regional and municipal. The research shows that the regional level is the priority playing field; that the degree of integration differs between levels of government; and that actors called 'whisperers' support higher integration levels, have the greatest ability to form bridges between communities and government.