Water governance

The Complexity of Interactive Dynamics Among Stakeholder Groups

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ID3754607
AutoresJohn Marr Ditty (0000-0003-2748-8782, Universidade Candido Mendes), Maria Eugênia Totti (0000-0003-4618-4522, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Brazil)
Ano2024
Volume27
Data de publicação2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmbiente & sociedade (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1414-753X • E-ISSN: 1809-4422
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-4422asoc0166r1vu27l1oa
OpenAlexW4396213817
SCIELO_PIDS1414-753X2024000100305
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas21

The management of water involves complex issues related to just allocation and sustainability. While integrated approaches incorporating diverse stakeholders have emerged as the dominant global framework for 21st-century challenges, policymakers face difficulties in assessing stakeholder participation and integration. This study generated primary data from a survey and interviews and used social network analysis to reveal and map the dynamics of interaction among ten groups holding stakes in the water resources of the Açu Lake State Park, a Brazilian coastal estuary. The results indicate that stakeholder group interaction was concentrated within two distinct clusters, such that high interaction correlated positively with political power, while those most dependent on the resources were characterized by limited decision-making influence and low interaction with other groups. These results offer insight for the equitable and sustainable governance of water resources and the assessment of participation and interaction among stakeholder groups

Business · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental resource management · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Stakeholder · Environmental Science · Water resources management and optimization · Finance