Insights regarding transdisciplinarity and knowledge transfer gained from two case studies on integrated water resources management in Ukraine and Mongolia

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 342-359

  Sigel, Katja ^a   Hagemann, Nina ^a   Leidel, Marco ^b   Niemann, Steffen ^a   Weigelt, Corinna ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c DREBERIS GmbH Strategy Consultants of Dresden   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacity development; Community participation; Involvement of stakeholders; Mutual learning; Post socialist transition countries

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; INVOLVEMENT OF STAKEHOLDERS; MUTUAL LEARNING; TRANSITION COUNTRIES;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84912108540     PISSN: 03080188     EISSN: 17432790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0308018814Z.00000000096     Document Type: Article

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