Daniell, Katherine A. (2008) Co-engineering participatory modelling processes for water planning and management. PhD thesis Sciences de l'eau, Cemagref UMR G-EAU, AgroParistech 2008AGPT0071 p.735.
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Abstract
Broad-scale multi-stakeholder decision-aiding processes for complex water planning and management issues are typically organised or "co-engineered" by several agencies or actors. These participatory processes are therefore co-initiated, co-designed and co-implemented by a number of people. It is postulated here that this co-engineering can critically impact on both the participatory processes and their outcomes. Co-engineering has received scant attention in studies of participatory decision-making and remains an important gap in current knowledge. The method of intervention research was used to investigate the co-engineering of two participatory modelling processes: the creation of the "Lower Hawkesbury Estuary Management Plan", a regional risk management planning project on the northern edge of Sydney in Australia; and the "Living with Floods and Droughts" capacity building project for co-managing flood and drought risks in the Sofia region of Bulgaria. From these research interventions and their comparative evaluations, a number of important innovations and insights have been identified, including that multiple and divergent objectives within coengineering project teams can lead to conflicts which can have major impacts on the implemented participatory modelling processes. Support was found for the hypothesis that co-engineering can critically impact on both participatory processes and their water management outcomes. This research shows that there are therefore two processes to organise to aid multistakeholder decision-making for water planning and management: the co-engineering process and the participatory modelling process.
| Item Type: | PhD Thesis (PhD) |
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| Additional Information: | Deux tômes - thèse + annexes |
| PhD Supervisor: | Tsoukiàs, Alexis and White, Ian and Ferrand, Nils and Perez, Pascal |
| Date: | 18 November 2008 |
| Board of examiners: | Syme, Geoff and Belton, Valerie and Moors, Eddy and Cernesson, Flavie |
| Ecole Doctorale: | ED 477 SYSTÈMES INTÉGRÉS EN BIOLOGIE, AGRONOMIE, GÉOSCIENCES, HYDROSCIENCES, ENVIRONNEMENT (SIBAGHE) |
| Discipline: | Sciences de l'eau |
| Collection (Fonds): | AgroParistech |
| Institution: | AgroParistech |
| Department: | Cemagref UMR G-EAU |
| Subjects: | 2. Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies 9. Sciences of Economy, Management and Society 8. Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Co-ingénierie, Modélisation participative, Gestion de l'eau, Planification, Aide à la décision, Conception de processus, Co-engineering, Participatory modelling, Water management, Water planning, Decision-aiding, Process design |
| ID Code: | 4417 |
| Deposited By: | Katherine Daniell |
| Deposited On: | 22 July 2009 |
References
Daniell, Katherine A. (2008) Co-ingénierie des processus de modélisation participative pour la planification et la gestion de l’eau. Doctorat Sciences de l'eau, Cemagref UMR G-EAU, AgroParistech p.735.
Table of content
1. introduction ... 1
2. water planning and management for the 21st century ... 12
3. decision-aiding for water planning and management ... 43
4. co-engineering participatory modelling processes ... 78
5. research protocol creation ... 99
6. intervention cases and lessons from the pilot trial ... 120
7. creation of the lower hawkesbury estuary management plan, australia ... 137
8. flood and drought risk management in the upper iskar basin, bulgaria ... 178
9. intervention case analysis and comparative discussion ... 227
10. conclusions and perspectives ... 257
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