Paradigms and Theories Influencing Policies in the South African and International Water Sectors PULSE³, A Framework for Policy Analysis /

• Main Author: Meissner, Richard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Climate change.; Management.; Environmental policy.; Environmental Politics.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Environmental Policy.; Climate Change Management and Policy.

This book presents a new way of looking at and analyzing policies, programs and/or plans in which research scientists have used their knowledge to develop mechanisms such as South Africa's National Water Resource Strategy, Second Edition; Australian and South African climate change adaptation s...

Table of Contents:

• Water Research in South Africa
• Paradigms and theories: Popular labels and their Delimitation
• The importance of paradigms and theories
• The disdain for paradigms and theories is unproductive
• Active substantiation: A theory of water research
• PULSE3: a Framework for Analysis
• Case studies
• South Africa’s National Water Resource Strategy, Second Edition
• The UNDP’s Water and Ocean Governance Focus Area
• Climate Adaptation Strategies in Australia and South Africa
• Expanding horizons and blazing new trails.