Abstract
Water governance and stakeholder engagement are receiving research attention for their role in formulating and implementing solutions to the world’s critical water challenges. The inspiration for this Special Issue came from our desire to provide a platform for sharing results and informing the global water governance community about the wealth of excellent interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research and projects being carried out around the world. The 20 peer-reviewed papers collected in this Special Issue have been grouped into three categories: stakeholder engagement, tools for building water management and governance capacity, and perspectives on water management and governance. Following a brief summary of the papers, concluding remarks that reflect on what the papers, taken as a whole, contribute to our understanding are provided.
Highlights
The role of water governance and stakeholder engagement in formulating and implementing solutions to the world’s critical water challenges is receiving increasing attention
Because good water governance and effective stakeholder engagement are inextricably linked, we assembled this journal’s Special Issue on water governance, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable water resources management to provide a platform for sharing results and informing the global water governance community
We have grouped these papers into three categories: stakeholder engagement, tools for building water management and governance capacity, and perspectives on water management and governance
Summary
The role of water governance and stakeholder engagement in formulating and implementing solutions to the world’s critical water challenges is receiving increasing attention. Over the past several years, United Nations organizations, the World Bank, the Global Environmental Facility, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and others have joined forces with governmental, academic, professional association, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), and other private sector representatives to explore efforts to improve water governance [1,2,3]. These efforts and water projects at multiple geographic scales point to the value of sharing experiences and lessons learned so that good practices can be transferred. After we summarize the contributions according to this categorization, we provide some concluding remarks
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