Okumah, M orcid.org/0000-0002-2937-8467 and Yeboah, AS (2020) Exploring stakeholders’ perceptions of the quality and governance of water resources in the Wenchi municipality. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 63 (8). pp. 1375-1403. ISSN 0964-0568
Abstract
Despite increasing evidence that understanding and integrating local people’s perceptions of water quality and governance helps improve water governance processes, only a limited volume of research addresses this topic in developing countries. Therefore, using in-depth interviews and content analysis, the goal of this paper is to explore stakeholders’ perceptions of the quality and governance of water resources in Wenchi, Ghana. Results show that stakeholders perceive river water quality to be deteriorating. Stakeholders’ judgement of river quality is influenced by water use value, pollution sources, organoleptic properties and sanitary conditions of the riverbank. Stakeholders highlighted key areas that require authorities’ efforts: formulation and enforcement of by-laws, awareness raising, provision of financial, logistic and technical support, conducting research and community mobilisation. These findings need to be carefully reviewed and systematically integrated into expert views to advance our understanding of the problem, how best to address it and who to target during interventions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, Newcastle University. This is an author produced version of a journal article published in the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Ghana, river water quality, water pollution, water resource governance, Wenchi |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2019 10:01 |
Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09640568.2019.1663724 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:151376 |