What does valuing water mean in practice? A case study from the Ewaso Ng’iro River Basin, Kenya

Christopher Schulz; Julia Martin-Ortega; Klaus Glenk

doi:10.1080/07900627.2024.2384451

What does valuing water mean in practice? A case study from the Ewaso Ng’iro River Basin, Kenya

Christopher Schulz^*, Julia Martin-Ortega, Klaus Glenk

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Valuing water is receiving increasing attention within the global water policy agenda as a new water management paradigm. However, it is not yet clear how it can be operationalised in local water management contexts. We apply the Value Landscapes Approach as a conceptual framework to show how water-related preferences are informed by underlying assigned/water values and governance-related values and how these values may explain three different visions for water management among professional respondents in a Northern Kenyan case study. Through making shared and conflicting values explicit, these insights may serve as a foundation for addressing water conflicts in practice.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	765-789
Number of pages	25
Journal	International Journal of Water Resources Development
Volume	40
Issue number	5
Early online date	5 Aug 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2024.2384451
Publication status	Published - 2 Sept 2024

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Keywords

Environmental values
Ewaso Ng'iro River Basin
Participation
Value landscapes approach
Water management
Water governance

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