Knowledge and perceptions in participatory policy processes: Lessons from the Delta-Region in the Netherlands

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1641-1663

  Hommes, Saskia ^a   Vinke de Kruijf, Joanne ^a   Otter, Henriëtte S ^b   Bouma, Geiske ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study; Decision making; Knowledge base; Learning; Participation; Perceptions; Problem structuring

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LEARNING; PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTIONS; PROBLEM STRUCTURING;

DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER CONSERVATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; LEARNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349113187     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9345-6     Document Type: Article

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