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A participatory decision making process for community-level water supply

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Title A participatory decision making process for community-level water supply
 
Creator HONKALASKAR, VH
SOHONI, M
BHANDARKAR, UV
 
Subject AHP
Asia
Community-level decision making
Community-level water supply
India
People's participation
ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS
MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABILITY
 
Description This paper describes outcomes of a 3-year participatory action research project which involved community-level decision making to choose between various technologies to supply domestic water to a tribal village. Six technology alternatives were considered, which were ranked by adopting the analytical hierarchy process (AHP). At each stage, starting from project identification to project synthesis, people's participation was sought in a true sense. This required design of novel strategies embedded in local culture, values, and language. The overall process yielded a participatory decision making method for a community, which would uphold people's involvement, a sense of ownership, and control at each step, which is required for the successful implementation and sustainable operation of the project.
 
Publisher IWA PUBLISHING
 
Date 2014-12-29T06:34:07Z
2014-12-29T06:34:07Z
2014
 
Type Article
 
Identifier WATER POLICY, 16(1)39-61
1366-7017
http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2013.113
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/handle/100/17321
 
Language English