Meeting the challenges of transdisciplinary knowledge production for sustainable water governance

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 234-247

  Renner, Renate ^a   Schneider, Flurina ^b   Hohenwallner, Daniela ^c   Kopeinig, Christian ^d   Kruse, Sylvia ^e   Lienert, Judit ^f   Link, Steffen ^c   Muhar, Susanne ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c AlpS   (Austria)

^d Provincial Government of Carinthia   (Austria)

^e SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^f SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; sciencepractice interface; stakeholder integration; Switzerland; transdisciplinary knowledge production; Water governance; water resource management

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRIA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84883735739     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-13-00002.1     Document Type: Article

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