Delineating the model-stakeholder gap: Framing perceptions to analyse the information requirement in river management

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1423-1445

  Janssen, Judith A E B ^a   Hoekstra, Arjen Y ^a   de Kok, Jean Luc ^a   Schielen, Ralph M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construal level theory; Perceptions; Policy analysis; River Maas; River modeling; Stakeholder participation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODELS; CONSTRUAL LEVEL THEORY; INFORMATION NEEDS; INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS; KEY COMPONENTS; MODEL APPLICATIONS; PERCEPTIONS; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY PROCESS; RIVER MANAGEMENTS; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION; STRUCTURED APPROACHES; SUPPORT POLICIES;

APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

RIVERS;

PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEUSE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349104989     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9334-9     Document Type: Article

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