Knowledge in Action : : The search for collaborative research for sustainable landscape development / / edited by Annemarie van Paassen, Jolanda van den Berg, Eveliene Steingröver, Renate Werkman, Bas Pedroli.

• Superior document: Mansholt Publication Series ; 11
• HerausgeberIn: van Paassen, Annemarie.; van den Berg, Jolanda.; Steingröver, Eveliene.; Werkman, Renate.; Pedroli, Bas.
• Place / Publishing House: Wageningen : : Wageningen Academic Publishers :, Imprint: Wageningen Academic Publishers,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed. 2011.
• Language: English
• Series: Mansholt Publication Series ; 11
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Wageningen Univerisity and Research Centre is known for its practical and societally relevant research in spatial development. Stakeholders currently put much emphasis on participatory processes in landscape planning procedures. This poses a special challenge for research. What role does research pl...

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• 1. Landscape Science and Societal Action; Annemarie van Paassen et al
• 2. What is Collaborative Landscape Research about?; Renate Werkman et al
• 3. Collaborative Research to Improve the Water Management in Two Polders in the Red River Delta in Vietnam; Henk Ritzema et al
• 4. Development and Application of a Landscape Design Method in the Frisian Lakes Area; Willemien Geertsema et al
• 5. Linking Training, Research and Policy Advice: Capacity Building for Adaptation to Climate Change in East Africa; Catharien Terwisscha van Scheltinga, Jouwert van Geene
• 6. Action Research in a Regional Development Setting: Students as Boundary Workers in a Learning Multi-Actor Network; Jifke Sol et al
• 7. The Soil-Plant-Animal System as a Boundary Object for Collaborative Knowledge Development; Marian Stuiver
• 8. Learning from Learning: the Experiences with Implementing Adaptive Collaborative Forest Management in Zimbabwe; Tendayi Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, Conny Almekinders
• 9. Northern Thailand Case: Gaming and Simulation for Co-Learning and Collective Action; Companion Modelling for Collaborative Landscape Management Between Herders and Foresters; Pongchai Dumrongrojwatthana, Guy Trébuil
• 10. Reflexivity in Action Research: Two Spatial Planning Cases; Marcel Pleijte et al
• 11. Limpopo Case: the Role of Research in Conflict over Natural Resources; Informing Resettlement Negotiations in Limpopo National Park, Mozambique; Jessica Milgroom et al
• 12. Conclusion: From Knowledge for Action to Knowledge in Action; Annemarie van Paassen et al
• About the Authors
• Keyword Index.