Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Plannig researches, agricultural economics and rural development institute, Ministry of Agriculture
Abstract
Policymakers in the field of water resource management in the country have been seeking solutions for water issues through technical engineering, water transfer, damming, and constructional projects. However, the main problem of water resources in the country is the existence of bad and undesirable governance and the inefficient management system. Inappropriate institutional arrangements, fragmented management, lack of transparency, and lack of stakeholders’ involvement in management are among the characteristics of the current water resource governance system in the country. The purpose of the present study is to design of good governance on groundwater resources at the basin of Arzuiyeh Plain. To this purpose, using the analytical method of grounded theory, interviewing experts and pundits, and conducting relevant analyzes, the pattern of good governance of water resources was developed. The most important results and suggestions of this pattern include the development of appropriate institutional arrangements at the basin, integrated management at the macro level to basin level, transfer of management to the stakeholders at the basin, stakeholders’ participation in monitoring and implementation and reform of the rules and the legal system.
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