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Title The social side of river management / editors, Wouter T. de Groot, Jeroen Warner.

Publication Info. Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publisher's, ©2011.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 159 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Environmental science, engineering and technology.
Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents THE SOCIAL SIDE OF RIVER MANAGEMENT; THE SOCIAL SIDE OF RIVER MANAGEMENT; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE SOCIAL SIDE OF RIVER MANAGEMENT: INTRODUCTION TO THE VOLUME; 'STATIC' AND 'DYNAMIC' STUDIES; CONTEXTUALITY AND ITS AMAZING IMPLICATIONS; THE CHAPTERS IN THIS VOLUME; LEARNING FROM THIS VOLUME'S CONTRIBUTIONS; Chapter 2: PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF FLOODS IN ÁGUEDA MUNICIPALITY, PORTUGAL; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODOLOGY; Study Area; Data Collection and Analysis; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; Socio-Economic Characterization of the Respondents
Flood Impacts and CausesMeasures and Entities to Prevent and Mitigate Floods; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: THREE DIMENSIONS OF PLACE ATTACHMENT: BONDS WITH THE RHINE AND ELBE RIVERS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; TYPES OF SETTINGS; METHODS; RESULTS; Having Attachment to the River; Three Dimensions of Place Attachment; Attachment to the River as a Physical Place; Attachment to the River as Social and Cultural Locus; Attachment to River as a Symbol for the Total Environment; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: WAYS TO EMBRACE A RIVER: ON THE NEED TO ARTICULATE A NEW RIVER ETHICS
ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION; FROM A TRADITIONAL TO AN INTEGRAL RIVER MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE; THE LEGIBLE LANDSCAPE AS AN ETHICS OF PLACE; REGROUNDING OUR SENSE OF PLACE; ARTIFICIALITY AND PLACE DETACHMENT; NEW WILDERNESS AS AN EFFORT TO EMPLACE OUR PLACELESSNESS?; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: TWO CASES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE NETHERLANDS AND THE U.S.: LEARNING FROM DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE ANALYSIS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHOD; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; CASE 1: STADSBLOKKEN-MEINERSWIJK, ARNHEM (NETHERLANDS); CASE 2: THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER GULF OUTLET, NEW ORLEANS (U.S.A.)
TESTING THE CENTRAL HYPOTHESISFraming in Stadsblokken-Meinerswijk; Framing the MRGO Issue; Participation in Stadsblokken-Meinerswijk; Participation in the MRGO; Testing the Hypothesis; INDUCTIVE RESULTS: TWO KEY ASPECTS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; The Appreciation of Learning per se; The Power of Money; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: SUCCESS AND FAILURE FACTORS IN RETENTION AREA PLANNING ALONG THE RHINE IN GERMANY; ABSTRACT; PROBLEM AND OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY; DIFFICULTIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FLOOD RETENTION AREAS AND STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME THEM
ANALYTICAL DIMENSIONS: CONTEXT, PROCESS AND RESULTSMETHODOLOGY; RESULTS; Context Dimension; Spatial Characteristics; Actor Characteristics; Institutional Frame; Process Dimension; Process Dynamics; Process Design; Actions and Interactions; Dimension of Outcomes; Efficiency; Legitimacy; Social Learning; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: SPACE FOR THE RIVER, SPACE FOR CITIZENS? PLANNING THE OOIJ AND OVERDIEP POLDERS, THE NETHERLANDS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; HORIZONTALIZING POLICY?; INVOLVING CITIZENS IN SECURITY POLICY? THE EMERGENCY STORAGE CASE; OOIJPOLDER: THE LOCAL VOICE
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Subject Water resources development.
Water resources development.
River engineering.
River engineering.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Groot, W. T. de, 1949-
Warner, Jeroen.
Other Form: Print version: Social side of river management. Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publisher's, ©2011 9781611229806 (DLC) 2011003807 (OCoLC)695008907
ISBN 9781536112566 (electronic book)
1536112569 (electronic book)
9781611229806
1611229804