Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges

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Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges. / Zeitoun, Mark; Lankford, Bruce; Krueger, Tobias et al.
In: Global Environmental Change, Vol. 39, 01.07.2016, p. 143-154.

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Zeitoun, M, Lankford, B, Krueger, T, Forsyth, T, Carter, R, Hoekstra, AY, Taylor, R, Varis, O, Cleaver, F, Boelens, R, Swatuk, L, Tickner, D, Scott, CA, Mirumachi, N & Matthews, N 2016, 'Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges', Global Environmental Change, vol. 39, pp. 143-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.04.010

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Zeitoun, M., Lankford, B., Krueger, T., Forsyth, T., Carter, R., Hoekstra, A. Y., Taylor, R., Varis, O., Cleaver, F., Boelens, R., Swatuk, L., Tickner, D., Scott, C. A., Mirumachi, N., & Matthews, N. (2016). Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges. Global Environmental Change, 39, 143-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.04.010

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Zeitoun M, Lankford B, Krueger T, Forsyth T, Carter R, Hoekstra AY et al. Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges. Global Environmental Change. 2016 Jul 1;39:143-154. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.04.010

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Zeitoun, Mark ; Lankford, Bruce ; Krueger, Tobias et al. / Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges. In: Global Environmental Change. 2016 ; Vol. 39. pp. 143-154.

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abstract = "This article reviews and contrasts two approaches that water security researchers employ to advance understanding of the complexity of water-society policy challenges. A prevailing reductionist approach seeks to represent uncertainty through calculable risk, links national GDP tightly to hydro-climatological causes, and underplays diversity and politics in society. When adopted uncritically, this approach limits policy-makers to interventions that may reproduce inequalities, and that are too rigid to deal with future changes in society and climate. A second, more integrative, approach is found to address a range of uncertainties, explicitly recognise diversity in society and the environment, incorporate water resources that are less-easily controlled, and consider adaptive approaches to move beyond conventional supply-side prescriptions. The resultant policy recommendations are diverse, inclusive, and more likely to reach the marginalised in society, though they often encounter policy-uptake obstacles. The article concludes by defining a route towards more effective water security research and policy, which stresses analysis that matches the state of knowledge possessed, an expanded research agenda, and explicitly addresses inequities.",

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