Water Governance and Immigrants in Western Democracies: A Systematic Review
International Journal of Water Governance: Vol.11 (2024) Research Article
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Water Governance and Immigrants in Western Democracies: A Systematic Review
Bereket Isaac1, Rob de Loë11 University of Waterloo, Canada, bnegasii@uwaterloo.ca (corresponding author)
Submitted: 31 October 2022, Revised: 27 February 2024, Accepted: 29 February 2024, Published: 18 June 2024
Abstract
Immigrants in western democracies are an important social and demographic group. The extent to which water governance processes and structures are positioned to create space for engagement with newcomers is not well understood. We employ a systematic review of the literature to assess the extent to which participative (including collaborative) water governance approaches incorporate voices from immigrant communities in scientific literature. We conduct a systematic search of the relevant literature on participatory water governance over the five-year period 2015–2019 to assess the nature of participation by immigrants in water governance as covered in the literature. The results from the review of articles that directly focus on participatory-to-water governance indicate that the water governance research community has been slow to recognise distinctive immigrant voices in research. We discuss how such a lack of attention is closely tied to issues of justice and fairness, as well as its implications for effectiveness of policy-aimed water sustainability.
Keywords: participatory governance; collaborative governance; environmental values; immigration; culture
Citation: Isaac, Bereket and Rob de Loë (2024), Water governance and immigrants in Western democracies: A systematic review, International Journal of Water Governance, 11. https://doi.org/10.59490/ijwg.11.2024.6782 DOI: https://doi.org/10.59490/ijwg.11.2024.6782 ISSN 2211-450
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