TY - JOUR
T1 - Are Environmental Water Advisory Groups an Effective Form of Localism
AU - DARE, Lain
AU - Lukasiewicz, Anna
N1 - Funding Information:
Murray-Darling Basin Futures Collaborative Research Network; New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage. This study was funded by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. The authors would like to thank all of the interview participants from the Lachlan, Macquarie, Murrumbidgee, Gwydir and Murray-Lower-Darling areas, as well as from various departments within the NSW State Government and the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office who generously donated their time to share their frank insights and experiences. The authors especially would like to thank Mike Maher from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and Lyndal Hasselman.
Funding Information:
This study was funded by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. The authors would like to thank all of the interview participants from the Lachlan, Macquarie, Murrumbidgee, Gwydir and Murray-Lower-Darling areas, as well as from various departments within the NSW State Government and the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office who generously donated their time to share their frank insights and experiences. The authors especially would like to thank Mike Maher from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and Lyndal Hasselman.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Newcastle University.
PY - 2019/1/28
Y1 - 2019/1/28
N2 - A reduction in the legitimacy of top-down governance approaches has resulted in many government agencies using decentralised governance approaches, including localism. However, the effective implementation of localism is challenging. Localism aims to encourage innovative context-based solutions; however unanticipated implementation problems often constrain localism outcomes. There is a significant gap in our understanding of localism in practice, with a better understanding essential to improve localism design and implementation. This paper contributes to addressing this gap through an empirical examination of localism in action. Using the CLEAR framework, we evaluate the decentralised governance of environmental water in the Australian state of New South Wales, a contentious, uncertain and multi-level governance environment. Qualitative interviews with 58 Environmental Water Advisory Group members identified barriers to an effective localism approach, including issues of access and capacity development, transparency of decision-making outcomes and power inequities. This understanding enables the development of strategies for improved localism practice
AB - A reduction in the legitimacy of top-down governance approaches has resulted in many government agencies using decentralised governance approaches, including localism. However, the effective implementation of localism is challenging. Localism aims to encourage innovative context-based solutions; however unanticipated implementation problems often constrain localism outcomes. There is a significant gap in our understanding of localism in practice, with a better understanding essential to improve localism design and implementation. This paper contributes to addressing this gap through an empirical examination of localism in action. Using the CLEAR framework, we evaluate the decentralised governance of environmental water in the Australian state of New South Wales, a contentious, uncertain and multi-level governance environment. Qualitative interviews with 58 Environmental Water Advisory Group members identified barriers to an effective localism approach, including issues of access and capacity development, transparency of decision-making outcomes and power inequities. This understanding enables the development of strategies for improved localism practice
KW - CLEAR framework
KW - decentralisation
KW - deliberation
KW - environmental water management
KW - public participation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041864583&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/environmental-water-advisory-groups-effective-form-localism
U2 - 10.1080/09640568.2017.1406343
DO - 10.1080/09640568.2017.1406343
M3 - Article
SN - 1360-0559
VL - 62
SP - 205
EP - 228
JO - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
IS - 2
ER -