論文作者

Qin Ma.

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摘要:

Small watershed governance sits at the nexus of environmental stewardship, resource coordination, and rural development within China's ecological civilization framework. This study investigates coordinated governance mechanisms across Ningde City's small watersheds through the combined lens of time ladder theory and the tragedy of the anti-commons. Drawing on field surveys, semi-structured interviews (n=156), and institutional analysis spanning 12 representative watersheds, we examine how temporal governance mechanisms shape the effectiveness of coordination and how property rights fragmentation generates resource management dilemmas. Results indicate that time ladder theory provides a structured approach to understanding multi-phase governance, while the anti-commons framework accounts for persistent resource underutilization despite clearly delineated property rights. Governance coordination improves markedly when temporal phases are explicitly managed; nevertheless, rights fragmentation among multiple stakeholders leads to systematic underinvestment, with transaction costs consuming 35-60% of project budgets and 47 proposed improvements blocked or abandoned. We advance an integrated governance model that addresses temporal coordination gaps and property rights fragmentation through institutional innovation, stakeholder alignment mechanisms, and adaptive management. The Ningde case yields transferable lessons for mountainous coastal regions worldwide facing comparable watershed governance challenges.

Keywords :

Watershed governance, Time ladder theory, Anti-commons tragedy, Property rights fragmentation, Coordination mechanisms, Human settlement improvement.

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