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Hidden crisis project: studies of community water management in Malawi and Uganda 2017-2018 (NERC Grant NE/M008606/1)

In developing countries, the dominant model for managing rural water supplies is a community-level association or committee. Although a relative paucity of evidence exists to support this model, it continues to exert a strong pull on policy makers. This project examines everyday water governance arrangements, situating these in the exigencies of wider village life and over the course of changing seasons. The data highlights the social embeddedness of water governance, and challenges the dominant 'associational model' of community based management. In none of the 12 sites do we observe a fully formed committee functioning as it should according to policy. Instead, water management arrangements are typically comprised by one or a small number of key individuals from the community, who may or may not be part of a waterpoint committee.

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English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2021-07-29
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607792
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Social sciences
  • Water resources
  • Seasonal variation
  • Water supply
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
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Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.
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  • Geoscientific information
Extent
MALAWI [id=679000]

Dataset Reference Date ()
1979

Extent
MW

Dataset Reference Date ()
2009

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MWI

Dataset Reference Date ()
2009

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UG

Dataset Reference Date ()
2009

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UGA

Dataset Reference Date ()
2009

Extent
UGANDA [id=689000]

Dataset Reference Date ()
1979

Begin date
2017-06-01
End date
2018-06-01
 

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  • NVIVO file (.nvp) ()

Resource Locator
UK Data Service
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Data
Resource Locator
UK Data Service
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Data
 
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non geographic dataset

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2011
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Degree

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Degree
Statement
Detailed longitudinal community studies were undertaken between 2017 and 2018 across 12 sites in Malawi and Uganda. This produced a detailed social science dataset of the arrangements communities have devised for managing their waterpoints.

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File identifier
c8cc3c62-1792-0939-e054-002128a47908 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Resource type
nonGeographicDataset
Hierarchy level name
non geographic dataset
Metadata Date
2023-06-27
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  British Geological Survey
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
+44 131 667 1000
 
 

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