Water pricing conflict in British Columbia

IF 0.6 Q4 WATER RESOURCES
Amanda Garcia, K. Hipel, Amer Obeidi
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Abstract

The Water Sustainability Act in British Columbia, Canada is a source of conflict among citizens, the provincial government, and industrial groundwater users. The water extraction fees stipulated in the act highlight the issue of water commodification and its potential legal consequences. Complementary approaches for conflict analysis are used to study this emerging conflict in order to gain valuable strategic insights. Analysis is performed using the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution, a flexible methodology for analyzing and modelling conflicts. In addition, generalized metarationalities and metarational trees, which account for the role and influence of policies in decisionmaking, are used to explore possible resolutions of the conflict. The analyses show that the current situation, where protesters lobby the government but the fees are not increased, is an equilibrium and thus unlikely to change.
不列颠哥伦比亚省水价冲突
加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的《水可持续性法案》引发了市民、省政府和工业地下水使用者之间的冲突。该法案规定的取水费突出了水商品化问题及其潜在的法律后果。冲突分析的互补方法被用来研究这种新出现的冲突,以获得有价值的战略见解。分析是使用冲突解决图模型进行的,这是一种分析和建模冲突的灵活方法。此外,还利用广义元国籍性和元国籍树来探讨解决冲突的可能办法,它们解释了政策在决策中的作用和影响。分析表明,目前的情况是,抗议者游说政府,但学费没有增加,这是一种平衡,因此不太可能改变。
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来源期刊
CiteScore
1.90
自引率
18.20%
发文量
9
审稿时长
10 weeks
期刊介绍: Hydrological Research Letters (HRL) is an international and trans-disciplinary electronic online journal published jointly by Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources (JSHWR), Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology (JAGH), Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences (JAHS), and Japanese Society of Physical Hydrology (JSPH), aiming at rapid exchange and outgoing of information in these fields. The purpose is to disseminate original research findings and develop debates on a wide range of investigations on hydrology and water resources to researchers, students and the public. It also publishes reviews of various fields on hydrology and water resources and other information of interest to scientists to encourage communication and utilization of the published results. The editors welcome contributions from authors throughout the world. The decision on acceptance of a submitted manuscript is made by the journal editors on the basis of suitability of subject matter to the scope of the journal, originality of the contribution, potential impacts on societies and scientific merit. Manuscripts submitted to HRL may cover all aspects of hydrology and water resources, including research on physical and biological sciences, engineering, and social and political sciences from the aspects of hydrology and water resources.
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