Public Water System Governance in Rural Montana, USA: A ‘Slow drip’ on Community Resilience

dc.contributor.authorGansauer, Grete
dc.contributor.authorHaggerty, Julia
dc.contributor.authorDunn, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-24T19:43:40Z
dc.date.available2023-07-24T19:43:40Z
dc.date.issued2023-05
dc.descriptionThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Society & Natural Resources on 2023-05-18, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/08941920.2023.2212363.en_US
dc.description.abstractRecent waves of U.S. federal waterworks investments aim to repair material as well as socioeconomic deficits. Yet a growing recognition of the central role of local capacity in successful water resources and infrastructure governance raises questions about the extent to which such investments will engender more resilient rural communities. Synthesizing resilience theory with the drinking water governance literature, we use qualitative methods to assess the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of public water system governance in a case study of six small towns in an agricultural region. We find that shortfalls in local social and economic capital constrain localities from adapting to environmental vulnerabilities, and that the current policy environment exacerbates—rather than ameliorates—tradeoffs between community capitals. In addition to funding increases for rural infrastructure deficits, this study implies that process reform in water quality compliance and financial assistance program delivery will also be needed to bolster rural community resilience.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGansauer, G., Haggerty, J., & Dunn, J. (2023). Public Water System Governance in Rural Montana, USA: A ‘Slow drip’on Community Resilience. Society & Natural Resources, 1-20.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0894-1920
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/17983
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherInforma UK Limiteden_US
dc.rightscc-by-ncen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://web.archive.org/web/20200106202133/https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/publishing-open-access/oa-options-finder/, http://web.archive.org/web/20190530141920/https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/sharing-your-work/en_US
dc.subjectadaptive capacityen_US
dc.subjectinfrastructure governanceen_US
dc.subjectlocal governmenten_US
dc.subjectrural developmenten_US
dc.subjectsmall drinking water systemsen_US
dc.subjectsafe drinking water acten_US
dc.titlePublic Water System Governance in Rural Montana, USA: A ‘Slow drip’ on Community Resilienceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
mus.citation.extentfirstpage1en_US
mus.citation.extentlastpage34en_US
mus.citation.journaltitleSociety & Natural Resourcesen_US
mus.identifier.doi10.1080/08941920.2023.2212363en_US
mus.relation.collegeCollege of Letters & Scienceen_US
mus.relation.departmentEarth Sciences.en_US
mus.relation.universityMontana State University - Bozemanen_US

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