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A Political Ecology of 'Apolitical' Water Governance Lessons from Turkish Experience
International Journal of Water Governance, Volume: 4, Pages: 1 - 18
Swansea University Author: Caner Sayan
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DOI (Published version): 10.7564/15-IJWG101
Abstract
Widely applied water governance practices, like the construction of dams, hydroelectricitypower plants, irrigation canals, reservoirs, and water infrastructure/sewage systems are globallyregarded as technical, expert-oriented and/or scientific issues. They are rhetorically detached fromsocio-politic...
| Published in: | International Journal of Water Governance |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4491 |
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TU Delft OPEN
2016
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61372 |
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Widely applied water governance practices, like the construction of dams, hydroelectricitypower plants, irrigation canals, reservoirs, and water infrastructure/sewage systems are globallyregarded as technical, expert-oriented and/or scientific issues. They are rhetorically detached fromsocio-political contexts. Such governance practices are generalised as apolitical models, in whichtheir technocratic and market-driven natures are emphasised. However, their implementation isfrequently met with frustration by the local populations, based on the socio-environmental issuesthat these practices arise. The water governance practices of Turkey are brought into greater focusto assess these policies and their local implications, prepared with an apolitical understanding.Accordingly, this article reviews the historical-discursive processes through which the currentwater governance practices of Turkey have been shaped, and presents public reactions againstthese practices. This article applies a political ecology framework to reinforce the concept ofenvironmental justice as the main social challenge to apolitical water governance practices. |
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https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/ijwg/article/view/5830 |
| Keywords: |
Water governance, political ecology, environmental justice, Turkey |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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1 |
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18 |