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INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS IN COMMUNITY DECISION‐MAKING: A CASE EXAMPLE FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA 1
Author(s) -
Cortner Hanna J.,
Marsh Floyd L.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1987.tb00811.x
Subject(s) - institutional analysis , process (computing) , citizen journalism , resource (disambiguation) , value (mathematics) , institutional theory , decision analysis , business , environmental resource management , computer science , process management , sociology , economics , management , computer network , social science , mathematical economics , machine learning , world wide web , operating system
While there is increasing recognition of the need to consider institutional factors in water resources decision‐making, there are few specific methods available to use in actually conducting an institutional analysis. The lack of such methods has spurred interest in going beyond begging water resource agencies to conduct institutional analyses to developing more refined tools to use in the analysis process. However, as more complex systems of analysis are developed, it is important not to lose sight of the value that less objective and participatory approaches to institutional analysis may have in solving institutional problems. Improving the techniques and tools of institutional analysis should not mean developing complex methods or models that can only be manipulated and understood by the trained analyst. The advantages and disadvantages of full participation by stakeholders in the institutional analysis process are discussed by describing the efforts of a local community organization in Tucson, Arizona, to study the need for a basinwide management entity.