Integrating Knowledge
The Key Challenge for a New Paradigm in River Management
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5877460 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mick Hillman (Manchester Metropolitan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1988-2010 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geography Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00278.x |
| OpenAlex | W2010754129 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 68 |
Claims for the arrival of a new paradigm in river management argue that substantial progress has been made away from top-down, reach-scale engineering towards catchment-scale planning, community participation, ecosystem science and adaptive management. Implementing these new principles is widely seen as essential in reversing damage to river systems and in promoting sustainable management. However, the appraisal of a shift in river management is far from straightforward across the range of biophysical and social contexts involved. Literature from the philosophy and sociology of science suggests that such transitions are usually patchy and uneven. In particular, a paradigm shift requires recognition and integration of three levels of knowledge: technical, scientific and what Aristotle referred to as 'phronesis'- contextualised and place-based wisdom built on experience and incorporation of cultural values. The application of these forms of knowledge to river management is considered by reference to recent reviews and case studies from Europe, North America and Australasia. The conclusion is that integration is still proving elusive. Claims for a wholesale paradigm shift in river management must therefore be treated with considerable caution
Adaptive Management · Environmental ethics · Environmental resource management · Epistemology · Geography · Holistic management · Paradigm shift · Phronesis · River management · Sociology · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes · Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies · Philosophy · Ecology
Systematic learning in water governance
Stories and storytelling processes to support river knowledge and practice
Practicing Sociogeomorphology
Has river rehabilitation begun? Social perspectives from the Upper Hunter catchment, New South Wales, Australia
Integrating sense of place in planning and management of multifunctional river landscapes
Putting physical environments in their place
From Dispossession to Compensation
But what do you measure?’ Prospects for a constructive critical physical geography
Governance Spaces for Sustainable River Management
Still colonising the Ord River, northern Australia
Balancing differentiated interests and conceptualizations in environmental management
Making Social Science Matter
Rethinking Resource Management
Conjectures and Refutations
More Sustainable Participation? Multi-Stakeholder Platforms for Integrated Catchment Management
Command and Control and the Pathology of Natural Resource Management
Adaptive Comanagement for Building Resilience in Social?Ecological Systems
Towards sustainability in the water sector – The importance of human actors and processes of social learning
Outcomes of Collaborative Water Policy Making
Impediments and Solutions to Sustainable, Watershed-Scale Urban Stormwater Management
The structure of scientific revolutions
Exploring Indigenous Understandings of River Dynamics and River Flows
Development of a Tool to Facilitate Participation of Maori in the Management of Stream and River Health
Co-Management
Watershed development in India. 2. New approaches for managing externalities and meeting sustainability requirements
Mapping public participation in the Water Framework Directive
Traditional Principles of Natural Resource Use among Indigenous Peoples of the Lower Amur River
Responding to scientific uncertainty in U.S. forest policy
Uncertainty communication in environmental assessments
Integrating science and local knowledge in environmental risk management
Water Managers' Perceptions of the Science–Policy Interface in Phoenix, Arizona
Organizing for Governance
Management of complex knowledge in planning for sustainable development
Restoring Mill Creek
Privatizing Social Reproduction
Adaptive management and adaptive governance in the everglades ecosystem
Science for the post-normal age
Situated justice in environmental decision-making
Building Capacity for Environmental Management
Compartmentalising Culture
Knowing Your Place
Sustainable flood management
Water injustices and potential remedies in indigenous rural contexts
River Restoration and Meanders
Conservatives and Champions
Assessing Management Regimes in Transboundary River Basins
A Perestroikan Straw Man Answers Back
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,69 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |