Toward design principles for joint knowledge production projects: Lessons from the deepest polder of The Netherlands

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1049-1062

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Co production; Joint knowledge production; Knowledge; Land use planning; Regional level; Science policy interface; Success factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900861889     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0382-6     Document Type: Article

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