Local stakeholders' acceptance of model-generated data used as a communication tool in water management: The Rönneå study

Ambio

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 507-512

  Olsson, Johanna Alkan ^a   Berg, Karin ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 28544438571     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-34.7.507     Document Type: Article

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36. Acknowledgments: This research was partly funded by MISTRA through the Swedish Water Management Research Program, VASTRA. The numerous stakeholders within the Rönneå catchments have been indispensable, in being so patient when serving as the source of the empirical material.