Knowledge Relationships in Freshwater Governance - Sociology Mind

SM > Vol.9 No.3, July 2019

Knowledge Relationships in Freshwater Governance ()

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DOI: 10.4236/sm.2019.93015 564 Downloads 1,342 Views Citations

Author(s)

A. Amu-Mensah Marian¹, B. Kendie Stephen², K. Barima Antwi³, K. Amu-Mensah Frederick¹, Farhad Analoui⁴, Mireku Dickson⁵, Amu-Mensah Saraphina¹

Affiliation(s)

¹Water Research Institute (WRI), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Accra, Ghana.
²School of Development Studies, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
³Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
⁴Department of Peace Studies and International Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, Bradford University, West Yorkshire, UK.
⁵Science Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Accra, Ghana.

ABSTRACT

Freshwater governance (policy formulation and implementation) are usually undertaken with little consideration to the thought process of the owners of the resources and resource environment. Even though considerable efforts have been made to the social change theory by incorporating stakeholder’s views, the individual-level or local-level insights as well as constructs and environmental connections (cognitive view) in freshwater challenges are usually left out. Using the case study research design, with emphasis on the descriptive design helped to access local knowledge in freshwater governance. The mixed method approach, helped to put together information based on behavioural concerns, the spirituality of the people, and the resource environmental issues required for the analysis and discussion of the data, while drawing meaningful conclusion from data. The results provide a framework, which will help to address interventions that simultaneously address both development and behavioural determinants of freshwater degradation, toward social change conservation policy in reducing crisis in freshwater governance.

KEYWORDS

Cognitive View, Freshwater Governance, Indigenous Knowledge, Conservation

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Marian, A. , Stephen, B. , Antwi, K. , Frederick, K. , Analoui, F. , Dickson, M. and Saraphina, A. (2019) Knowledge Relationships in Freshwater Governance. Sociology Mind, 9, 222-245. doi: 10.4236/sm.2019.93015.

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