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A Blueprint for Watershed Governance in British Columbia
Publisher: Polis Project
Author: Polis Project
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Posting Date: April 6, 2018
Year Published: 2018
Abstract:
This report outlines a blueprint for moving British Columbia to a new watershed-based governance model over 10 years. Taking advantage of conversations around the Water Sustainability Act, it charts a course for creating more resilient and sustainable communities, whose waters are managed along watershed boundaries rather than political ones.
Useful to policy makers, planners and anyone interested in watershed governance, the peer-reviewed report is good background for policy making and planning at a watershed scale. Written in a pivotal time in the history of BC’s water law, it explores how to build the ‘institutional architecture’ (the laws, policies, governance, and incentive framework) to support transformative change in how decisions about water are made. It also provides: an introduction to watershed governance and BC’s unique legal and institutional context; a framework for improving watershed outcomes; and a blueprint for action containing nine winning conditions for successfully realizing this vision.
Useful to policy makers, planners and anyone interested in watershed governance, the peer-reviewed report is good background for policy making and planning at a watershed scale. Written in a pivotal time in the history of BC’s water law, it explores how to build the ‘institutional architecture’ (the laws, policies, governance, and incentive framework) to support transformative change in how decisions about water are made. It also provides: an introduction to watershed governance and BC’s unique legal and institutional context; a framework for improving watershed outcomes; and a blueprint for action containing nine winning conditions for successfully realizing this vision.
Full Text Word Count: 9428