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Irrigation development in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: towards polycentric water governance?

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Title Irrigation development in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: towards polycentric water governance?
 
Creator Hoanh, Chu Thai
Suhardiman, Diana
Anh, L.T.
 
Subject irrigation development
policy making
decision making
irrigation systems
water governance
water resources
deltas
rice
crop production
farmers
aquaculture
flood control
households
income
 
Description Vietnam’s irrigation development policy directions are divided between the objective to continue increasing rice production through agricultural intensification and to improve farmer’s livelihoods through crop diversification and integrated farming. While the first objective requires the construction of new large-scale irrigation system in deeply flooded area of the Vietnamese Mekong River Delta, the latter demands the modification in management of existing irrigation physical infrastructure for non-rice crops, in particular brackish aquaculture in the coastal zones. This article looks at Vietnam’s irrigation policy formulation processes in the last three and half decades in relation to the idea of polycentric governance. It discusses the current shortcomings and potential role of polycentric governance networks to capture stakeholders’ interests at multiple governance levels essential for future policy development. It partially sheds light on the dark side of water governance, bringing to light the fragmented polycentric decision-making processes in Vietnam’s irrigation development policies.
 
Date 2014-03-01
2015-03-17T14:39:56Z
2015-03-17T14:39:56Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Hoanh, Chu Thai; Suhardiman, Diana; Anh, L. T. 2014. Irrigation development in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: towards polycentric water governance? International Journal of Water Governance, 2:61-82. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7564/14-IJWG59
2211-4491
2211-4505
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58408
https://doi.org/10.7564/14-IJWG59
Gender, Poverty and Institutions
Land and Water Productivity
 
Language en
 
Rights Other
Limited Access
 
Publisher Baltzer Science Publishers