Conceptualising joint knowledge production in regional climate change adaptation projects: Success conditions and levers for action

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-65

  Hegger, Dries ^a   Lamers, Machiel ^b,c   Van Zeijl Rozema, Annemarie ^b   Dieperink, Carel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Co production; Joint knowledge production; Mode 2; Post normal science; Regional scale; Science policy interfaces; Sociology of knowledge; Sustainable development; The Netherlands; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; JOINT KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REWARD; SOCIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84857673791     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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