TY - JOUR

T1 - Surveillant Science

T2 - Challenges for the Management of Rural Environments Emerging from the New Generation Diffuse Pollution Models

AU - Lane, S. N.

AU - Brookes, C. J.

AU - Heathwaite, A. Louise

AU - Reaney, S.

N1 - Surveillant Science: Challenges for the Management of Rural Environments Emerging from the New Generation Diffuse Pollution Models 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2006.00050.x

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - Current models of diffuse pollution are characterised by a progressive engagement with remotely-sensed data coupled with more elegant modelling approaches. Central to these new models is the concept of connectivity, which leads to the identification and prioritisation of those landscape units (e.g., fields) where the consequences of land management activities are most readily transmitted to watercourses. The practice of diffuse pollution modelling using such models encounters certain problems. Following Brewer (1999) we argue that interdisciplinarity offers the opportunity to overcome these problems through: (1) its explicit recognition of the framing implicit in model development; (2) an emphasis on context in problem-solving; (3) methodological pluralism; and (4) following from these other factors, the possibility of a different sort of engagement between land managers and modellers. Hence, the case for developing interdisciplinary approaches goes beyond the conventional dictates of problem-led research and points to very different ways of conducting diffuse pollution research, taking on board the full dimensions of interdisciplinarity, with its emphasis on reflexivity, contextuality, substance and engagement.

AB - Current models of diffuse pollution are characterised by a progressive engagement with remotely-sensed data coupled with more elegant modelling approaches. Central to these new models is the concept of connectivity, which leads to the identification and prioritisation of those landscape units (e.g., fields) where the consequences of land management activities are most readily transmitted to watercourses. The practice of diffuse pollution modelling using such models encounters certain problems. Following Brewer (1999) we argue that interdisciplinarity offers the opportunity to overcome these problems through: (1) its explicit recognition of the framing implicit in model development; (2) an emphasis on context in problem-solving; (3) methodological pluralism; and (4) following from these other factors, the possibility of a different sort of engagement between land managers and modellers. Hence, the case for developing interdisciplinary approaches goes beyond the conventional dictates of problem-led research and points to very different ways of conducting diffuse pollution research, taking on board the full dimensions of interdisciplinarity, with its emphasis on reflexivity, contextuality, substance and engagement.

U2 - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2006.00050.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2006.00050.x

M3 - Journal article

VL - 57

SP - 239

EP - 257

JO - Journal of Agricultural Economics

JF - Journal of Agricultural Economics

SN - 0021-857X

IS - 2

ER -