Ambiguity: The challenge of knowing and deciding together

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-71

  Brugnach, M ^a   Ingram, H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Collective decision making; Framing; Knowledge production process; Multiple ways of knowing; Natural resources management; Participation; Water management; Water policy

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE; LATITUDE; LEADERSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRUST; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 81255163682     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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