The proportion of urban population is increasing globally. Climate change, biodiversity loss,
and environmental pollution are leading to the urgent need to increase sustainable …

Many current water planning and management problems are riddled with high levels of
complexity, uncertainty, and conflict, so-called “messes” or “wicked problems.” The …

As climate change adaptation rises up the international policy agenda, matched by
increasing funds and frameworks for action, there are mounting questions over how to …

Participatory approaches are an important component of institutional frameworks for the
governance of water resources and services. Studies on public participation in water …

This chapter reviews the concept, contemporary research efforts and the implementation of
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) which has evolved as the guiding water …

Multiple barriers constrain the widespread application of participatory methods in water
management, including the more technical focus of most water agencies, additional cost and …

Environmental governance systems are under greater pressure to adapt and to cope with
increased social and ecological uncertainty from stressors like climate change. We review …

In the context of a growing emphasis on research and application of citizen engagement
methods in environmental planning and management (eg Reed 2008; Von Korff et al. 2010) …

Solving humanity's social-environmental challenges calls for collective action by relevant
actors. Hence, involving these actors in the policy process has been deemed necessary and …

Social conflicts over large carnivores are becoming more frequent following the general
recovery of large carnivores in human shaped landscapes in Europe. To manage conflicts …