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IDENTIFYING AND MEASURING POTENTIAL CONFLICT IN WATER INSTITUTIONS 1
Author(s) -
Lynne Gary D.,
Milon J. Walter,
Wilson Michael E.
Publication year - 1990
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.1752-1688.1990.tb01403.x
Subject(s) - institution , scarcity , index (typography) , water scarcity , process (computing) , business , environmental resource management , water resources , environmental economics , political science , economics , computer science , microeconomics , ecology , world wide web , law , biology , operating system
Scarcity combined with differences in values, beliefs, and attitudes can lead to behavior differences and conflicts over water. This paper develops an index for measuring potential conflict using survey information about water attitudes and beliefs of individuals in three groups in a Florida case study. The index helps in assessing the current capability of the institution to reduce conflict. The results suggest that the current institution is effective, but changes may help to streamline the consumptive‐use permitting process, to improve educational programs, and to seek improved institutional arrangements to reduce future conflict over economic uses of water.