A study of trust and cooperation in the Nzoia river basin using a water policy game

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Onencan, Abby Muricho, Enserink, Bert and Van de Walle, Bartel (2018) A study of trust and cooperation in the Nzoia river basin using a water policy game. Sustainability, 10 (12). ISSN 2071-1050

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Abstract

Nzoia river basin county governments barely cooperate in water resources management to jointly increase the basin's food and energy productivity levels, due to limited trust. In this paper, we propose a game-based approach that can be replicated in any river basin, to assess trust and collaboration processes. In particular, we used the pre-game, in-game, and post-game assessment results to assess the relationship between Cooperation and Competition; Trust and Trustworthiness; Trust and Distrust; and (Dis) trust, Complexity, and Uncertainty. The initial assessment of respondents' propensity to trust (PTS) was divided into two variables (trust and trustworthiness) while adopting the unidimensional view of trust and distrust. We later examined whether we could separate the two constructs using a multidimensional scaling (MDS) technique known as the ALSCAL procedure. There are potentially significant results. Namely, that: trustworthiness and trust are not complementary; both cooperation and competition coexisted and increased throughout the game; more profound complexity and uncertainty led to an increment in trust, and reduced complexity and uncertainty led to a decrease in distrust. Based on the results and discussions, we provide recommendations for further research on trust, trustworthiness, and distrust in the river basin management context.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: competition,complexity,deep uncertainty,distrust,nzoia river basin,risk perception,trust,trustworthiness,water cooperation,water policy gaming,computer science (miscellaneous),geography, planning and development,renewable energy, sustainability and the environment,environmental science (miscellaneous),energy engineering and power technology,hardware and architecture,computer networks and communications,management, monitoring, policy and law,sdg 7 - affordable and clean energy ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1700/1701
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 07 Apr 2025 12:30
Last Modified: 14 Apr 2025 00:17
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/98977
DOI: 10.3390/su10124678

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