Using communication research to gather stakeholder preferences to improve groundwater management models: a South Texas case study
There is a compelling need to ensure that the points of view and preferences of stakeholders are fully considered and incorporated into natural resources management strategies. Stakeholders include a diverse group of individuals in several sectors that have an interest in how natural resources are m...
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| description | There is a compelling need to ensure that the points of view and preferences of stakeholders are fully considered and incorporated into natural resources management strategies. Stakeholders include a diverse group of individuals in several sectors that have an interest in how natural resources are managed. Typically, stakeholders with an interest in groundwater resources include groups who could be affected by the manner in which the resource is managed (e.g., farmers who need water for irrigation; municipalities and individuals who need drinking water, agencies and organizations that want to maintain in-stream flows to support ecosystems, etc.) Refugio County in South Texas provides an interesting case study since several groups of water users in the region are working with researchers at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) to develop decision-support models that incorporate stakeholder concerns.The focus of this paper is to provide a series of arguments and approaches about the ways in which stakeholder issues have recently been incorporated into environmental models, to briefly describe some of the TAMUK efforts to develop groundwater models that incorporate stakeholder inputs, and to present and discuss a method in which communication research can be used to obtain stakeholder preferences input into modeling efforts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c547aa038d714c11afaf2cc3b37617032022-12-22T00:23:17ZengSissa MedialabJCOM: Journal of Science Communication1824-20492009-02-0181Using communication research to gather stakeholder preferences to improve groundwater management models: a South Texas case studyVenkatesh UddamerRic JensenThere is a compelling need to ensure that the points of view and preferences of stakeholders are fully considered and incorporated into natural resources management strategies. Stakeholders include a diverse group of individuals in several sectors that have an interest in how natural resources are managed. Typically, stakeholders with an interest in groundwater resources include groups who could be affected by the manner in which the resource is managed (e.g., farmers who need water for irrigation; municipalities and individuals who need drinking water, agencies and organizations that want to maintain in-stream flows to support ecosystems, etc.) Refugio County in South Texas provides an interesting case study since several groups of water users in the region are working with researchers at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) to develop decision-support models that incorporate stakeholder concerns.The focus of this paper is to provide a series of arguments and approaches about the ways in which stakeholder issues have recently been incorporated into environmental models, to briefly describe some of the TAMUK efforts to develop groundwater models that incorporate stakeholder inputs, and to present and discuss a method in which communication research can be used to obtain stakeholder preferences input into modeling efforts.http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/08/01/Jcom0801%282009%29A02/Jcom0801%282009%29A02.pdfSocial participation to science and technologyPublic engagement with science and technologyEnvironment communication |
| spellingShingle | Venkatesh Uddamer Ric Jensen Using communication research to gather stakeholder preferences to improve groundwater management models: a South Texas case study JCOM: Journal of Science Communication Social participation to science and technology Public engagement with science and technology Environment communication |
| title | Using communication research to gather stakeholder preferences to improve groundwater management models: a South Texas case study |
| title_full | Using communication research to gather stakeholder preferences to improve groundwater management models: a South Texas case study |
| title_fullStr | Using communication research to gather stakeholder preferences to improve groundwater management models: a South Texas case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using communication research to gather stakeholder preferences to improve groundwater management models: a South Texas case study |
| title_short | Using communication research to gather stakeholder preferences to improve groundwater management models: a South Texas case study |
| title_sort | using communication research to gather stakeholder preferences to improve groundwater management models a south texas case study |
| topic | Social participation to science and technology Public engagement with science and technology Environment communication |
| url | http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/08/01/Jcom0801%282009%29A02/Jcom0801%282009%29A02.pdf |
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