Expertise, Elites, and Resource Management Reform: Resisting Agricultural Water Conservation in California's Imperial Valley

Expertise, Elites, and Resource Management Reform: Resisting Agricultural Water Conservation in California's Imperial Valley

An explanation of why the management of natural resources sometimes benefits an elite few, how the exercise of expertise contributes to this, and how traditional and inefficient resource use can continue. Water scarcity in Southern California forces the nation's largest irrigation district to c...

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Main Author: Tom Waller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Arizona Libraries 1994-12-01
Series:Journal of Political Ecology
Online Access:https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/21155
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spelling doaj-2bb1c7d2c46e45028836faf21a1d88232020-11-24T22:20:32ZengUniversity of Arizona LibrariesJournal of Political Ecology1073-04511994-12-0111134210.2458/v1i1.2115520589Expertise, Elites, and Resource Management Reform: Resisting Agricultural Water Conservation in California's Imperial ValleyTom WallerAn explanation of why the management of natural resources sometimes benefits an elite few, how the exercise of expertise contributes to this, and how traditional and inefficient resource use can continue. Water scarcity in Southern California forces the nation's largest irrigation district to conserve and transfer water to urban areas. Elites resist reform with expert help, and when overcome by events, use the authority of expertise to legitimize reforms which benefit their interests. Keywords:Water politics, scarcity and conservation; Expertise and power; Resource management/ reform; Irrigation - Social Aspectshttps://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/21155
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title Expertise, Elites, and Resource Management Reform: Resisting Agricultural Water Conservation in California's Imperial Valley
title_short Expertise, Elites, and Resource Management Reform: Resisting Agricultural Water Conservation in California's Imperial Valley
title_full Expertise, Elites, and Resource Management Reform: Resisting Agricultural Water Conservation in California's Imperial Valley
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description An explanation of why the management of natural resources sometimes benefits an elite few, how the exercise of expertise contributes to this, and how traditional and inefficient resource use can continue. Water scarcity in Southern California forces the nation's largest irrigation district to conserve and transfer water to urban areas. Elites resist reform with expert help, and when overcome by events, use the authority of expertise to legitimize reforms which benefit their interests. Keywords:Water politics, scarcity and conservation; Expertise and power; Resource management/ reform; Irrigation - Social Aspects
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