Water and Governance in the Anthropocene (Part I)

Friday, 11 July 2025: 11:00-12:45
Location: SJES031 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC24 Environment and Society (host committee)

Language: English

This session invites papers on all aspects of the sociology of water - water governance, water practices and struggles for water security on a warming planet.
Session Organizer:
Henrike RAU, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Oral Presentations
Navigating Public Understanding of Water-Sensitive Urban Design in Aotearoa New Zealand: Insights and Implications
Angelina DA SILVA COELHO, New Zealand; Silvia SERRAO-NEUMANN, University of Waikato, New Zealand; Jason KURZ, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Contested Waterscapes: Power, Exclusion, and the Politics of Urban Ecorestoration in Bengaluru's Kempambudhi Lake
Akash JASH, Institute for Social and Economic Change, India
Exploring the Role of Time in Water Governance: Contradictory Temporalities in the Planning for Urban Water Scarcity
Gala NETTELBLADT, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
From Qanats to Water Bazaar: The Evolution of Water Governance in Yazd
Abbas FAGHIHKHORASANI, University of Tehran, Iran; Mohammad Mehdi JAVADIAN ZADEH, Iranian Ministry of Energy, Iran
Understanding the Paradoxes of Water Resource Management in Morocco: A Critical Analysis of Modernization Discourses in Rural Areas of the El Hajeb Province (Saïss Plain, Morocco)
Imane MESSAOUDI-MATTEI, Université de Genève, Switzerland; Christian BRÉTHAUT, Université de Genève, Switzerland
Understanding Morocco's Groundwater Policy through the Struggles Surrounding the Definition of the Problem of Overexploitation
Kevin DEL VECCHIO, ENGEES, France
Distributed Papers
Intersecting Technologies and Ecology: Towards a Theoretical Framework for Analyzing the Spatial Impacts of Water Reservoir Policies.
Stella DE LUCA, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Gender Inequality in Water Scarcity Crisis and Its Consequences (The case of the Rural area of South Khorasan, Iran)
Masume ESHTIYAGHI, Iran
Review of Participatory Approaches Implemented in Different Countries to Manage Groundwater
Juliette LAFONT, Cirad, France; Jean-Daniel RINAUDO, BRGM, France
Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Pathways for Water Pollution Abatement in the Ganges River
Anjali YADAV, India
Governing the "Other" Grid: Emerging Micro Water Networks Beyond the Utility Grid in Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania), Nairobi (Kenya) and Wa (Ghana)
Sophie SCHRAMM, Germany; Francis DAKYAGA, Simon Diedoung Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS), Ghana
Water Management Transformation in Japan: Focusing on the Introduction of the Land Improvement Act
Moe TAMURA, Japan
Governing Water Scarcity through Digital Scoring: Exploring China’s Water Credit System
Rene ELODIE, France
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