This paper describes outcomes of a 3-year participatory action research project which involved community-level decision making to choose between various technologies to supply domestic water to a tribal village. Six technology alternatives were considered, which were ranked by adopting the analytical hierarchy process (AHP). At each stage, starting from project identification to project synthesis, people's participation was sought in a true sense. This required design of novel strategies embedded in local culture, values, and language. The overall process yielded a participatory decision making method for a community, which would uphold people's involvement, a sense of ownership, and control at each step, which is required for the successful implementation and sustainable operation of the project.
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September 04 2013
A participatory decision making process for community-level water supply
V. H. Honkalaskar;
V. H. Honkalaskar
aCTARA, Electrical Annex Building, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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M. Sohoni;
M. Sohoni
aCTARA, Electrical Annex Building, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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U. V. Bhandarkar
bOffice MECH 303C, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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Water Policy (2014) 16 (1): 39–61.
Article history
Received:
January 20 2013
Accepted:
June 25 2013
Citation
V. H. Honkalaskar, M. Sohoni, U. V. Bhandarkar; A participatory decision making process for community-level water supply. Water Policy 1 February 2014; 16 (1): 39–61. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2013.113
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