Citizen observatories of water: Social innovation via eParticipation?

ICT for Sustainability 2014, ICT4S 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Wehn, Uta ^a   Evers, Jaap ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citizen observatory; Disaster cycle; EParticipation; Flood risk management; Governance; Social innovation; Two way communication

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; OBSERVATORIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

E-PARTICIPATION; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE; SOCIAL INNOVATIONS; TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84928005126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2991/ict4s-14.2014.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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