Hydraulic engineering in the social-ecological delta: understanding the interplay between social, ecological, and technological systems in the Dutch delta by means of "delta trajectories."

Several of the world's largest deltas have recently been conceptualized as social-ecological delta systems. Although such conceptualizations are valuable in emphasizing complex interaction between social actors and ecological processes in deltas, they do not go into specific dynamics that surro...

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Main Authors: Martijn F. van Staveren, Jan P. M. van Tatenhove
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2016-03-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol21/iss1/art8/