Opening Up the Water Poverty Index—Co-Producing Knowledge on the Capacity for Community Water Management Using the Water Prosperity Index
2014
Jonsson, Anna C. | Wilk, Julie
The Water Poverty Index is a tool enabling a multisectoral description of the water situation in an area or region. Many aspects of a society's capacity to manage water, however, require qualitative and explorative approaches. Additionally, the perceptions of “the water poor” themselves may differ substantially from expert valuations built into the Water Poverty Index. The aim of this article is to open up the Water Poverty Index with a special focus on the capacity to manage water in a robust way. This is done through a process of participatory research and by transforming the Water Poverty Index into a Water Prosperity Index using a local community in central India as example. By opening up the assessment process, issues empirically identified by community members, researchers, and local nongovernmental organization (NGO) staff can be discussed and qualitatively assessed, resulting in an improved knowledge of the water situation and an approach for participatory planning.
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