کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1052948 | 946513 | 2012 | 11 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
![عکس صفحه اول مقاله: Financial and economic determinants of collective action: The case of wastewater management Financial and economic determinants of collective action: The case of wastewater management](/preview/png/1052948.png)
Where public environmental funds support development of wastewater infrastructure, funding institutions ensure the economic use of funds, while the beneficiaries minimize their own costs. In rural areas, there is often a choice between decentralized or centralized (multi-village) systems: if the centralized system is most economic, then only this system is eligible for public funding. However, its implementation requires a voluntary cooperation of the concerned communities, who need to organize themselves to develop and run the infrastructure. The paper analyzes the social determinants of collaboration in a generic case study, using the following variables: method of (economic) assessment, modeled by the social discount rate, funding policy, modeled by the funding rate, and users' self-organization, modeled by cost sharing. In a borderline situation, where the centralized system turns out to be most economic, but this assessment is contingent on the assessment method, collective action may fail: the advantages of collective action from funding are too small to outweigh organizational deficiencies. Considering in this situation sanitation as a human right, authors recommend using innovative forms of organization and, if these fail, reassessing either the amount of funding or the eligibility for funding of more acceptable alternatives.
► A generic case study models collective action and funding in wastewater management.
► Determinants of success: economic assessment, funding policy and self-organization.
► Success indicators: conflict rate, funds needed to make cost shares fair.
► Method for analyzing centralized vs. decentralized disputes.
► If collective action has less benefits, innovative cost sharing may ensure success.
Journal: Environmental Impact Assessment Review - Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 140–150