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dc.contributor.authorSimpson, Hugh
dc.contributor.authorde Loë, Rob
dc.contributor.authorAndrey, Jean
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-22 12:52:45 (GMT)
dc.date.available2016-03-22 12:52:45 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2015-10
dc.identifier.issn19650175
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/296-a8-3-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/10335
dc.description.abstractComplex environmental problems cannot be solved using expert science alone. Rather, these kinds of problems benefit from problem-solving processes that draw on ‘vernacular’ knowledge. Vernacular knowledge integrates expert science and local knowledge with community beliefs and values. Collaborative approaches to water problem-solving can provide forums for bringing together diverse, and often competing, interests to produce vernacular knowledge through deliberation and negotiation of solutions. Organised stakeholder groups are participating increasingly in such forums, often through involvement of networks, but it is unclear what roles these networks play in the creation and sharing of vernacular knowledge. A case-study approach was used to evaluate the involvement of a key stakeholder group, the agricultural community in Ontario, Canada, in creating vernacular knowledge during a prescribed multi-stakeholder problem-solving process for source water protection for municipal supplies. Data sources – including survey questionnaire responses, participant observation, and publicly available documents – illustrate how respondents supported and participated in the creation of vernacular knowledge. The results of the evaluation indicate that the respondents recognised and valued agricultural knowledge as an information source for resolving complex problems. The research also provided insight concerning the complementary roles and effectiveness of the agricultural community in sharing knowledge within a prescribed problem-solving process.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWater Alternatives Associationen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/*
dc.subjectwater managementen
dc.subjectnatural resourcesen
dc.subjectvernacular knowledgeen
dc.subjectstakeholder networksen
dc.subjectcollaborative decision-makingen
dc.subjectcase studyen
dc.subjectagricultureen
dc.subjectOntarioen
dc.subjectenvironmental problem-solvingen
dc.titleVernacular Knowledge and Water Management - Towards the Integration of Expert Science and Local Knowledge in Ontario, Canadaen
dc.typeArticleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSimpson, H., Loee, R., & Andrey, J. (2015). Vernacular knowledge and water management - Towards the integration of expert science and local knowledge in Ontario, Canada. Water Alternatives, 8(3), 352-372.en
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Environmenten
uws.contributor.affiliation2Geography and Environmental Managementen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusRevieweden
uws.scholarLevelFacultyen


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