Developing adaptive capacity through reflexivity: lessons from collaborative research with a UK water utility

Critical Policy Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 427-446

  Westling, Emma L ^a   Sharp, Liz ^a   Rychlewski, Marta ^b,d   Carrozza, Chiara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d Water Integrity Network Association   (Germany)

Author keywords

adaptive water management; climate change adaptation; interpretive social science; reflexive governance; water governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919866052     PISSN: 19460171     EISSN: 1946018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2014.957334     Document Type: Article

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