Sustainable Water Ecosystems Management in Europe Bridging the Knowledge of Citizens, Scientists and Policy Makers

About this book

Sustainable Water Ecosystems Management in Europe examines the anthropogenic deterioration of water ecosystems, in particular in coastal areas. It proposes a new approach to enhance connectivity between research and policy-making. Sustainable Water Ecosystems Management in Europe exploits the concept of integrated adaptive ecosystem management, by engaging scientists, policy makers and the public (the latter including both stakeholders and lay citizens/water users) in comparable case studies. Emphasis is given to the role of the public to enlarge the concept of organisational learning to the wider concept of social learning.

Contents

- Foreword: Bridging the Citizens-Science-Policy gap in the water sector, why should we care?
- Introduction
- Water ecosystem concerns and EU research for sustainable water management
- Institutional and policy framework at EU and national levels
- The AWARE methodology for building a new Science-Citizens-Policy Interface: theoretical foundations
- The pilot experience with the AWARE citizens' panel
- The Gulf of Riga case study
- The Southern North Sea case study
- The Sacca di Goro case study
- Evaluation of the AWARE pilot experience
- Recommendations to enhance the connectivity between scientists, citizens and policy makers in the water sector and beyond, to tackle with sustainability challenges

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