Sharing the Management of a River Corridor: A Case Study of the Comanagement Process

摘要

River corridors are of immense importance and increasingly coming under pressure for both in-stream and withdrawal uses. The dynamic character of these resources and the complex property regimes in which they are held present considerable challenges to resource managers. Comanagement is a novel approach for manaing river resources, consistent with the movement toward decentralized planning and a particular variant of collaboration. A case study of developing Comanagement in a Canadian river corridoris presented. Inductive analysis from the case study illuminates processes embedded within the phenomena and leads to the construction of a synthetic model of the Comanagement process. Undercurrents emerging throughout the analysis (communicative planing, social learning and adaptive management) and aspects requiring future research are reflected upon in the conclusion.