TITLE:
Knowledge Relationships in Freshwater Governance
AUTHORS:
A. Amu-Mensah Marian, B. Kendie Stephen, K. Barima Antwi, K. Amu-Mensah Frederick, Farhad Analoui, Mireku Dickson, Amu-Mensah Saraphina
KEYWORDS:
Cognitive View, Freshwater Governance, Indigenous Knowledge, Conservation
JOURNAL NAME:
Sociology Mind,
Vol.9 No.3,
July
30,
2019
ABSTRACT: Freshwater governance (policy formulation and implementation) are usually undertaken with little consideration to the thought process of
the owners of the resources and resource environment. Even though considerable
efforts have been made to the social
change theory by incorporating stakeholder’s views, the individual-level or
local-level insights as well as constructs and environmental connections
(cognitive view) in freshwater challenges are usually left out. Using the case
study research design, with emphasis on the descriptive design helped to access
local knowledge in freshwater governance. The mixed method approach, helped to put together information based on behavioural
concerns, the spirituality of the people, and the resource environmental issues
required for the analysis and discussion of the data, while drawing meaningful
conclusion from data. The results provide a framework, which will help to
address interventions that simultaneously address both development and
behavioural determinants of freshwater degradation, toward social change
conservation policy in reducing crisis in freshwater governance.