Hydrosystems as Multipractice Phenomena

Hydrosystems as Multipractice Phenomena: A Normative Approach to Analysing Governance System Failures

Fasihi Harandi, M. (TU Delft Ethics & Philosophy of Technology)

de Vries, M.J. (promotor)
van de Poel, I.R. (promotor)
Doorn, N. (copromotor)

Delft University of Technology

2016-06-09

Given the water governance regime, how potent is the normative practice idea in the case of hydrosystems management? How can the normative practice framework explain the failure of the water governance of the Zayandehrud, and how can this explanation improve water governance both in thsi case and more generally?
Can the govervance of the Zayandehrud be understood as a normative practice? If so, how can the distribution of responsibilities, interests and norms, as analysed by the normative practice framework, be seen as a cause of the conflicts that have arisen in the water governance of this river? How are different ways of thinking in the Zayandehrud case (re)shaping the distribution of responsibilities, interests and norms that are causing the conflict within a water-management practice?

Zayandehrud River
Nonparametric Test
Qanat technology
hydraulic heritage system
underground water supply network
technological development
water management
normative practice
Mirab
holistic thinking
socio-technical systems
water governance failure
actors analysis
conflicting values

https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:4a570990-42a2-4fd0-84f8-2d999e347803

978-94-6186-661-5

Institutional Repository

doctoral thesis

© 2016 M. Fasihi Harandi