Is there still a need to legislate? A water policy agenda for the Philippines

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dc.contributorSANREM CRSP-SEAen
dc.contributor.authorContreras, A.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialThe Philippinesen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:09:28Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:09:28Zen
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.description.abstractThis paper outlines the recommended policy agenda for water governance in the Philippines based on the various papers written under a joint research project on water management. Three main themes emerged from the papers despite differences in their approaches and focus. One, the papers are unanimous in declaring that there is a water crisis. Two, the water crisis, which is caused by a conjuncture of natural and anthropogenic events and rooted on destructive land-use practices, is aggravated by a flawed governance system characterized by a soft state. And three, while there is a need to strengthen national laws in order to address the water crisis, the need to empoweren
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier26en
dc.identifier.citationDevelopment Research News 20 (4): 1-4en
dc.identifier.issn0115-9097en
dc.identifier.other26_IsThereStill.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65684en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherMakati City, Philippines: Philippine Institute for Development Studiesen
dc.subjectWater policyen
dc.subjectCommunity institutionsen
dc.subjectWater managementen
dc.subjectResource lawen
dc.subjectLaws and regulationsen
dc.subjectGovernment institutionsen
dc.subjectInstitutional capacity buildingen
dc.subjectWatershed managementen
dc.subjectLocal governanceen
dc.subjectEnvironmental lawen
dc.subjectThe Philippinesen
dc.subjectWater crisisen
dc.subjectPolicy implementationen
dc.subjectEcosystems approachen
dc.subjectSoft stateen
dc.subjectScience-based governanceen
dc.subjectMarket-based instrumentsen
dc.subjectLgusen
dc.subjectAdvocacyen
dc.subjectWater governanceen
dc.subjectEcosystem Governance Watersheden
dc.titleIs there still a need to legislate? A water policy agenda for the Philippinesen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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