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conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:10 authored by Martine I. Poolman, Tonya SchuetzUsually, before construction of small reservoir infrastructure in the Upper East Region of Ghana, the future
users of the reservoir are given the opportunity to give feedback as to their needs, want and concerns through
a series of participatory approaches. The future of the infrastructure is also discussed and communities are
stimulated to form various types of associations to ensure that levies are paid and maintenance is carried
out. However, once the infrastructure is physically ready, developers leave the communities and the extension
agents to deal with this new infrastructure, relatively unsupported. This paper discusses the results
from a small research project which studied the infrastructure problems that water-user communities are
faced with after reservoir construction. The focus of the research was on the use of visualization methods
as communications means between researchers, water-user communities and agricultural extension agents
to examine how they can collectively come up and discuss solutions to deal with these problems.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)