Ambiguity in Problem Framing as a Barrier to Collective Actions: Some Hints from Groundwater Protection Policy in the Apulia Region

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 911-932

  Giordano, Raffaele ^a   Brugnach, Marcela ^b,c   Pluchinotta, Irene ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Ambiguity analysis; Causal Loop Diagram; Policy analysis; Problem framing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007496737     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-016-9519-1     Document Type: Article

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