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Spatial Misfit in Participatory River Basin Management: Effects on Social Learning, a Comparative Analysis of German and French Case Studies

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dc.contributor.author Borowski, Ilke en_US
dc.contributor.author Le Bourhis, Jean-Pierre en_US
dc.contributor.author Pahl-Wostl, Claudia en_US
dc.contributor.author Barraque, Bernhard en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T15:01:59Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T15:01:59Z
dc.date.issued 2008 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2008-09-29 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2008-09-29 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3509
dc.description.abstract "With the introduction of river basin management, as prescribed by the European Water Framework Directive (WFD), participatory structures are frequently introduced at the hydrological scale without fully adapting them to the decision-making structure. This results in parallel structures and spatial misfits within the institutional settings of river basin governance systems. By analyzing French and German case studies, we show how social learning (SL) is impeded by such misfits. We also demonstrate that river basin-scale institutions or actors that link parallel structures are essential for promoting river basins as management entities, and for encouraging SL between actors at the river basin scale. In the multi-scale, multi-level settings of river basin governance, it is difficult to fully exclude spatial misfits. Thus, it is important to take our insights into account in the current transition of water management from the administrative to the hydrological scale to get the greatest benefit from SL processes." en_US
dc.subject institutions en_US
dc.subject participatory development en_US
dc.subject river basins en_US
dc.subject resource management en_US
dc.subject water management en_US
dc.title Spatial Misfit in Participatory River Basin Management: Effects on Social Learning, a Comparative Analysis of German and French Case Studies en_US
dc.type Journal Article en_US
dc.type.published published en_US
dc.coverage.region Europe en_US
dc.coverage.country France, Germany en_US
dc.subject.sector Water Resource & Irrigation en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournal Ecology and Society en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume 13 en_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber 1 en_US
dc.identifier.citationmonth June en_US
dc.submitter.email efcastle@indiana.edu en_US


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