CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Fraiture, Robin Johan Miranda |
|---|---|
| Title | Setting the Water Management Agenda: A case study on policy response to the environmental impact of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon's water resources |
| Summary | Water management has become a pressing challenge, specifically in those countries where there is a widening gap between water supply and demand and where the institutional context is operating under ‘conditions of ambiguity’. Nonetheless, pressure on a countries’ service delivery does not determine governmental response. The aim of this study is to enhance our understanding of agenda-setting in the policy process. By employing Lebanon as a case study, it will be argued that a policy window has opened with the influx of Syrian refugees 2011-2015. Whilst explaining how water management and displacement have become interlinked, it will be argued that the policy agenda in Lebanon’s water management has been affected. In addition, this study displays that a policy network has successfully presented Lebanon’s exacerbated water challenges under the umbrella of wider debates that propose long-term developmental interventions to improve the countries’ water infrastructure. Finally, this study will demonstrate new perspectives on developmental interventions and how these can contribute to responding to the needs of both refugees and local community members in the water sector and how this can eventually contribute to resilience-building. |
| Supervisor | Svensson, Sara ; Bianculli, Andrea C. |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/fraiture_robin.pdf |
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