Envisioning sustainable water futures in a transdisciplinary learning process: combining normative, explorative, and participatory scenario approaches

Sustainability Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 463-481

  Schneider, Flurina ^a   Rist, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Participatory; Socio economic scenarios; Transdisciplinary; Visions of the future; Water governance; Water use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910156676     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-013-0232-6     Document Type: Article

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