Water needs assessment: Learning to deal with scale, subjectivity and high stakes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 388, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 251-257

  Alexander, Kim S ^a   Moglia, Magnus ^a   Miller, Craig ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deliberative process; Indicator methodology; Post normal methodologies; Water management decisions; Water policy

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT PROCESS; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COLLECTIVE LEARNING; COMPOSITE INDICATORS; CONTEXT DEPENDENCES; DATA SOURCE; DELIBERATIVE PROCESS; PHILIPPINES; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; SOCIOTECHNICAL; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION; WATER MANAGEMENT POLICY; WATER NEEDS; WATER POLICIES; WATERSHED RESOURCES;

LANDFORMS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 77953715944     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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