Community participation in water resources governance in semi-arid areas:

Asafu, Thadeo

dc.creator	Asafu, Thadeo
dc.date	2019-08-19T06:13:07Z
dc.date	2019-08-19T06:13:07Z
dc.date	2016
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T13:14:38Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T13:14:38Z
dc.identifier	Asafu, T. (2016). Community participation in water resources governance in semi-arid areas: a case of Mbabala ward, Dodoma municipality. Dodoma: The University of Dodoma.
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/821
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/821
dc.description	Dissertation (MSc Natural Resources Management)
dc.description	This study entitled 'Community Participation in Water Resources Governance in Semi-arid Areas: A Case of Mbabala Ward, Dodoma Municipality' was conducted in three selected villages namely: Bihawana, Mbabala ,A' and Mbabala ,B'. The study was conducted in the year 2015 and data were collected using questionnaire survey and interviews. This study involved 28 respondents selected from three villages whereby (9) respondents were taken from Bihawana, (9) respondents from Mbabala „A', (9) respondents from Mbabala ,B' and 5 key informants. During data analysis Quantitative data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 16. Respondents revealed that community participation in Mbabala ward is at a very low level where by village and ward committees are only deciders of water issues in the community. This study concluded that, insufficient water resources has influence on degradation of available water resources due to high demand of improvement of community livelihood through excessive exploitation of available water for construction, agriculture, livestock and domestic uses. Therefore, there is a need for community to be educated on hydro-climate information systems in water management so as to cope with the challenges of climate change. As part of study, it was recommended that community should enact by-laws that restrict people to mine sand within the water runoff channels that conserve water for open pit. Also it was concluded that involvement of all stakeholders and rising awareness on power of participatory as a means of solving water resource governance issues could results into better performance of water resource governance.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	The University of Dodoma
dc.subject	Water resources
dc.subject	Water resources governance
dc.subject	Semi-arid areas water resources
dc.subject	Insufficient water resources
dc.subject	Community participation
dc.subject	Water resources community participation
dc.subject	Resources
dc.subject	Semi-arid areas
dc.title	Community participation in water resources governance in semi-arid areas:
dc.title	A case of Mbabala ward, Dodoma municipality
dc.type	Dissertation