Sustainable Catchment Managing in a Climate Changing World: New Integrative Modalities for Connecting Policy Makers, Scientists and Other Stakeholders

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3977-3992

  Ison, Ray ^a,b   Collins, Kevin ^b   Colvin, John ^b   Jiggins, Janice ^c   Roggero, Pier Paolo ^d   Seddaiu, Giovanna ^d   Steyaert, Patrick ^e   Toderi, Marco ^f   Zanolla, Chiara ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catchment managing; Dualism; Duality; Knowledge management; Social ecological thinking; Water governance; Watershed managing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; COEVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS; DUALISM; DUALITY; HUMAN BEING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; POLICY MAKERS; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL THINKING; WATER GOVERNANCE;

CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; KNOWLEDGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATERSHED;

EID: 81255158859     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9880-4     Document Type: Article

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