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The Cathedral and the bazaar: (de)centralising certitude in river basin management

Two conceptual theories of river basin management are discussed.One is integrated river basin management with an apex regulatory authority that seeks hydrometric data collection and analysis to use in decisions over water allocation.This model of IRBM can be identified in training curricula and many derivatives of basin management programmes.The other, termed 'polycentric river basin management' is institutionally, organisationally and geographically more decentralised, constructed from four ideas of scale/form, a risk-based approach, hydrograph regime dissection and work scheduling.This model…