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- Features conversations between social scientists, natural scientists and local residents on approaches to river management
- Presents transdiscplinary research in practice with a local river management project undertaken by individuals from different scientific backgrounds
- Provides insight into the strengths of Environmental Competency Groups as a methodology for transdisciplinary engagement and research
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book explores the practice of transdisciplinary research through the narratives of different individuals taking part in a project investigating local water management. The research project ran for one year and brought seven university scientists together with seven local residents to explore relationships between water quantity, water quality, abstraction of water resources and how to reduce pollution.
Landström presents three conversations that convey the experience of transdisciplinary practice in natural language in order to offer insights into the workings of a transdisciplinary Environmental Competency Group. The conversations highlight Environmental Competency Groups as tools enabling collaboration between knowledgeable individuals who do not share a common scientific vocabulary.
Transdisciplinary Environmental Research
will appeal to natural and social scientists interested in working collaboratively with each other and the general public on environmental research projects.
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Catharina Landström
About the author
Catharina Landström is Senior Researcher at the University of Oxford, UK. She specializes in environmental science and technology studies and has worked with the transdisciplinary Environmental Competency Groups methodology in the Understanding Environmental Knowledge Controversies: The Case of Flood Risk Management project (2007-2010) and, since 2014, in the MaRIUS (Managing the Risks, Impacts and Uncertainties of Drought and Water Scarcity) project.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transdisciplinary Environmental Research
Book Subtitle: A Practical Approach
Authors: Catharina Landström
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62846-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62845-5Published: 18 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87410-4Published: 07 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62846-2Published: 08 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 110
Topics: Environmental Sociology, Environmental Policy, Research Methodology, Environmental Geography, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management