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Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 18, No. 2, 297-313 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0956247806069602

Collaborative governance for sustainable water resources management: the experience of the Inter-municipal Initiative for the Integrated Management of the Ayuquila River Basin, Mexico

Sergio Graf Montero

Fundación Manantlán para la Biodiversidad de Occidente AC, Tenacatita 134, Autlán, Jalisco, CP 48900, Mexico, sgraf{at}prodigy.net.mx

Eduardo Santana Castellón

Instituto Manantlán de Ecología y Conservación de la Biodiversidad, Universidad de Guadalajara, Ave Independencia Nacional 151, Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, CP 48900, Mexico, esantana{at}cucsur.udg.mx

Luis Manuel Martínez Rivera

Instituto Manantlán de Ecología y Conservación de la Biodiversidad, Universidad de Guadalajara, Ave Independencia Nacional 151, Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, CP 48900, Mexico, lmartinez{at}cucsur.udg.mx

Salvador García Ruvalcaba

Instituto Manantlán de Ecología y Conservación de la Biodiversidad, Universidad de Guadalajara, Ave Independencia Nacional 151, Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, CP 48900, Mexico, sgarcia_60{at}yahoo.com.mx

Juan José Llamas

Dirección de la Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de Manantlán, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Secretaría de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca, Prolongación Guadalupe Victoria 2760, Col Ejidal, Autlán, Jalisco, CP 48900, Mexico, jllamas{at}conanp.gob.mx

This paper describes how ten municipalities within the Ayuquila river basin in Mexico formed a collaborative association to reduce river pollution and, more generally, to work together to improve living conditions and promote more sustainable management of natural resources within and across their administrative boundaries. It describes the improvements achieved and discusses the institutional arrangements for this association, including the involvement of local universities and state- and federal-level institutions, and provision for citizen participation. It also discusses the measures taken to ensure the association’s continued effectiveness, especially ensuring support from municipal politicians (who only have three-year terms of office), strengthening municipal-level technical capacity and what is needed to ensure the association’s effectiveness in the future.

Key Words: governance • Mexico • municipal level • pollution • river basin • water


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