A social science project examines everyday water governance arrangements in 12 rural sites across Malawi and Uganda. The data challenges the dominant 'associational model' of community-based water management, highlighting the role of key individuals instead of formal committees. The study situates water governance within wider village life and seasonal changes from 2017 to 2018.
Use Cases
- Analyze the social embeddedness of water governance across the 12 study sites to identify common informal management structures.
- Compare observed water management arrangements against the formal 'associational model' policy framework.
- Investigate the influence of seasonal variation on water governance practices and resource management.
- Study the composition and function of waterpoint committees in the context of wider village life exigencies.
Strengths
- Focuses on 12 distinct community sites for comparative analysis.
- Covers a defined time range from 2017 to 2018.
- Provides data from two countries, Malawi and Uganda, for cross-national insight.
Limitations
- Sample size is limited to 12 sites, which may not be representative of all rural communities.
- The dataset's structure, columns, and sample data are unavailable, hindering immediate analytical use.
- Data is temporally stale, covering a period ending in 2018.
Provenance
- Source
- British Geological Survey (BGS)
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- 2017-2018
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Malawi and Uganda