More is not always better: Coping with ambiguity in natural resources management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-84

  Brugnach, M ^a,b   Dewulf, A ^c   Henriksen, H J ^d   van der Keur, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Ambiguity; Collective decision making; Framing; Integrated natural resources management; Multiple knowledge frames; Uncertainty; Water management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LEARNING STYLE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957772375     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.08.029     Document Type: Article

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