PACKAGING SCIENTIFIC RESULTS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL ACTION AGAINST DEGRADATION OF RIVER BUFFER ZONES AND WETLANDS THROUGH VALUE CO-CREATION: A case study of River Rwizi in Mbarara City, South-Western Uganda.
(2024)Department of Service Studies
- Abstract
- Uganda’s natural resource base is one of the richest and most diverse in Africa. People’s livelihoods are inextricably linked to sound natural resource management and both water and land are basic resources for virtually all socio-economic activities. Because of the significance of agriculture to rural livelihoods, water and land are the most important assets for many
households. Located in a trans-boundary water system, the River Nile both as an upstream and downstream state, 98% of the country area is within the Nile Basin and about 70% of the country’s renewable water resources is externally generated. The complexity of managing transboundary water resources, in this context, therefore becomes critical and the need for strengthening... (More) - Uganda’s natural resource base is one of the richest and most diverse in Africa. People’s livelihoods are inextricably linked to sound natural resource management and both water and land are basic resources for virtually all socio-economic activities. Because of the significance of agriculture to rural livelihoods, water and land are the most important assets for many
households. Located in a trans-boundary water system, the River Nile both as an upstream and downstream state, 98% of the country area is within the Nile Basin and about 70% of the country’s renewable water resources is externally generated. The complexity of managing transboundary water resources, in this context, therefore becomes critical and the need for strengthening regional collaboration is a matter of necessity. Rapid population growth and improving living standards have increased the pressure on Uganda’s water resources and per capita availability is reducing day by day. Spatial and temporal variability in precipitation is another challenge and the country faces increasing
occurrences of floods, landslides and droughts. The Directorate of Water Resources Management (DWRM) undertakes specific area water resources quantity and quality monitoring and development plans and regulates allocation to different uses to ensure its ability to adequately meet all current and future needs. Further effort is put on helping different stakeholders to comply with the regulations on water use and development to eliminate over exploitation and conflict.
The essence of how science and technology contribute to society is the creation of new knowledge, and then utilization of that knowledge to boost the prosperity of human lives, and to solve the various issues facing society without compromising the environment’s ability
to support life and development. Communication and storytelling are important parts of sustainable value co-creation and delivery, particularly in the perception of the sustainability of the value created and delivered when the gap between information generation and response by the communities is closed.
Packaging the benefits of river bank protection through the lens of innovative service delivery could discourage degradation and minimize climate change impacts in River Rwizi catchment. Public organizations or institution like DWRM could consider viewing the general public as clients with its service targeting to satisfy their needs (Grönroos, 2020). This approach could be the game changer to achieve adoption by stakeholders and trigger social action against
river ecosystem degradation as the needs of society are increasingly complex (Makmur, 2023) and individuals tend to avoid social exclusion (Kwon, 2022). (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9175608
- author
- Mwebaze Ednah, Caroline
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2024
- type
- L3 - Miscellaneous, Projetcs etc.
- subject
- language
- English
- id
- 9175608
- date added to LUP
- 2024-09-27 15:04:58
- date last changed
- 2024-09-27 15:04:58
@misc{9175608,
abstract = {{Uganda’s natural resource base is one of the richest and most diverse in Africa. People’s livelihoods are inextricably linked to sound natural resource management and both water and land are basic resources for virtually all socio-economic activities. Because of the significance of agriculture to rural livelihoods, water and land are the most important assets for many
households. Located in a trans-boundary water system, the River Nile both as an upstream and downstream state, 98% of the country area is within the Nile Basin and about 70% of the country’s renewable water resources is externally generated. The complexity of managing transboundary water resources, in this context, therefore becomes critical and the need for strengthening regional collaboration is a matter of necessity. Rapid population growth and improving living standards have increased the pressure on Uganda’s water resources and per capita availability is reducing day by day. Spatial and temporal variability in precipitation is another challenge and the country faces increasing
occurrences of floods, landslides and droughts. The Directorate of Water Resources Management (DWRM) undertakes specific area water resources quantity and quality monitoring and development plans and regulates allocation to different uses to ensure its ability to adequately meet all current and future needs. Further effort is put on helping different stakeholders to comply with the regulations on water use and development to eliminate over exploitation and conflict.
The essence of how science and technology contribute to society is the creation of new knowledge, and then utilization of that knowledge to boost the prosperity of human lives, and to solve the various issues facing society without compromising the environment’s ability
to support life and development. Communication and storytelling are important parts of sustainable value co-creation and delivery, particularly in the perception of the sustainability of the value created and delivered when the gap between information generation and response by the communities is closed.
Packaging the benefits of river bank protection through the lens of innovative service delivery could discourage degradation and minimize climate change impacts in River Rwizi catchment. Public organizations or institution like DWRM could consider viewing the general public as clients with its service targeting to satisfy their needs (Grönroos, 2020). This approach could be the game changer to achieve adoption by stakeholders and trigger social action against
river ecosystem degradation as the needs of society are increasingly complex (Makmur, 2023) and individuals tend to avoid social exclusion (Kwon, 2022).}},
author = {{Mwebaze Ednah, Caroline}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{PACKAGING SCIENTIFIC RESULTS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL ACTION AGAINST DEGRADATION OF RIVER BUFFER ZONES AND WETLANDS THROUGH VALUE CO-CREATION: A case study of River Rwizi in Mbarara City, South-Western Uganda.}},
year = {{2024}},
}