Abstract

GUTIERREZ VILLALPANDO, Verónica et al. Governance in the integral management of water resources in the Rio Sabinal and Cañon Del Sumidero watersheds in Chiapas, Mexico. agric. soc. desarro [online]. 2019, vol.16, n.2, pp.159-181.  Epub Feb 25, 2020. ISSN 1870-5472.  https://doi.org/10.22231/asyd.v16i2.1005.

This study analyzes the processes of water governance in the Rio Sabinal and Cañon del Sumidero watersheds in Chiapas, Mexico, with the goal of providing an overarching vision of their principal structural problems, as well as the mechanisms of governance designed to address them. Using the Governance Analytical Framework (GAF) set forth by Hufty (2004), it analyzes three distinct water governance scenarios in which numerous governmental and non-governmental actors come together. Five analytical dimensions are employed: problem definition, interaction nodes or spaces, actors, norms or mechanisms of regulation and interactive processes-to evaluate the efficacy of the various sectors in constructing an effective and participative water governance system.

Keywords : water; governance; integral management; watersheds; nodal points; sustainability.

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