Dealing with future challenges: A social learning alliance in the Dutch water sector

Water Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 212-222

  Frijns, Jos ^a   Büscher, Chris ^a   Segrave, Andrew ^a   Van Der Zouwen, Mariëlle ^a  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Futures studies; Knowledge co production; Participatory backcasting; Response strategy; Social learning; The Netherlands; Trends; Water sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878813434     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2012.036     Document Type: Article

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