期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2010
卷号：12
期号：8
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：An analytical framework for the participation of rural community members as water users and their representation in the
water sector in Zimbabwe is proffered. The framework is generated by reflecting on some key concepts on the local level
participation and representational participation. Our approach is also located within theories on community institutional
arrangements for collective natural resource management, but we also draw extensively from our field experiences. The
ultimate objective is to develop a model that is both theoretically sound and applicable in practice. Consequently, we applied
the framework to a specific case in southwestern Zimbabwe, where we isolated the smallholder formal and informal
irrigation stakeholder groups to see how the framework might help us understand community participation in smallholder
irrigation activities and their subsequent representation in the new water councils.
关键词：Keywords: Smallholder Formal and Informal Irrigation; Water Users Association; Participation; Representational
Participation; Catchment and Sub-Catchment Councils;
