More is not always better: Coping with ambiguity in natural resources management

Evaluating Governance Arrangements and Decision Making for Natural Resource Management Planning: An Empirical Application of the Governance Systems Analysis Framework

“…As a result, many of the negative implications of poorly executed or planned participatory approaches identified in the literature are evident in Cape York. These include the reinforcement of unequal power dynamics (Morrison, 2007), high levels of ambiguity in NRM problems and management solutions (Brugnach et al, 2011), and the failure of restructured and devolved arrangements to deliver significantly improved outcomes compared to top-down decision-making models (Reed, 2008).…”

Water Management and the Procedural Turn: Norms and Transitions in Alberta

“…A particular challenge for water management is that problems are often ambiguous, with multiple legitimate ways to bridge from positioned and partial understandings to policy rationale (Brugnach et al 2011). One strategy has been to shift from the exercise of democratic rights (i.e.…”

Vattenwebb: A Transparent Service to Support Decision Makers in Achieving Improved Water Status

“…In this area there are a lot of interesting work in how to present water related information for stake holders and how to build tools that actively involve users in the decision process, e.g. [13], [14], [15]. These tools concentrate on a particular kind of problem and based on this problem try methods for decision support for this question.…”