Managing water as a socio-technical system: The shift from 'experts' to 'alliances'

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-102

  Newman, Richard ^a   Ashley, Richard ^a   Molyneux Hodgson, Susan ^a   Cashman, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Education training; Floods floodworks; Social impact

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; MILITARY OPERATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EDUCATION TRAINING; ENGINEERING EXPERTISE; ENGLAND; FLOOD &FLOODWORK; FLOOD DEFENCE; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; FLOODINGS; LEARNING ALLIANCES; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

FLOODS;

EID: 79952168219     PISSN: 14784629     EISSN: 17517680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/ensu.1000032     Document Type: Article

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