Title
Challenges of linking scientific knowledge to river basin management policy: AquaTerra as a case study
Author
Slob, A.
Rijnveld, M.
Publication year
2007
Abstract
The EU Project AquaTerra generates knowledge about the river-soil-sediment-groundwater system and delivers scientific information of value for river basin management. In this article, the use and ignorance of scientific knowledge in decision making is explored by a theoretical review. We elaborate on the 'two-communities theory', which explains the problems of the policy-science interface by relating and comparing the different cultures, contexts, and languages of researchers and policy makers. Within AquaTerra, the EUPOL subproject examines the policy-science interface with the aim of achieving a good connection between the scientific output of the project and EU policies. We have found two major barriers, namely language and resources, as well as two types of relevant relationships: those between different research communities and those between researchers and policy makers. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Subject
Policy
River basin management
Science
Two-communities theory
Use of knowledge
Decision making
Groundwater
Project management
Sediments
Soils
Policy makers
River basin management
Two-communities theory
River basin projects
ground water
basin management
decision making
European Union
policy making
river basin
article
climate change
cultural anthropology
environmental planning
European Union
knowledge
land use
language
policy
resource allocation
river
sediment
soil
water management
water pollution
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TNO identifier
331495
Source
Environmental Pollution, 148, 7
Document type
article