Storing of data related to: Understanding actor perspectives regarding challenges for integrated river basin management

Integrated river basin management increases technical as well as management and governance complexity. In this multidisciplinary setting, actors, from their different backgrounds, frame both issues and solutions differently. To resolve conflicts, it is important to recognize – and to not ignore – the existence of contending social framings. A better understanding is needed of how actors frame issues and solutions in integrated river basin management. To gain this better understanding, semi-structured interviews were conducted with Dutch river basin management actors following Sense-making methodology. Three challenges were identified where respondents framed both the issue and solution differently: (1) creating flexibility in a controlled river system; (2) sustaining the integrated approach in the maintenance of floodplains; and (3) formulating future river basin management policies to adapt to climate change. Cultural Theory was subsequently used to analyse how respondents construct perspectives towards these challenges. The analysis showed how actors use different rationalities in constructing these perspectives. As an implication, it is important for actors to recognize and acknowledge these perspectives in integrated river basin management decision-making. New tools, embedded in learning environments, are needed to facilitate exchanging and understanding actors’ perspectives.

流域综合管理（Integrated river basin management）会提升技术、管理与治理层面的复杂性。在这一多学科实践场景中，来自不同背景的利益相关方对问题与解决方案的界定框架存在显著差异。若要化解相关冲突，关键在于正视而非忽视相互对立的社会界定框架的存在。当前亟需更深入地理解，在流域综合管理实践中，利益相关方如何界定问题与解决方案。为达成这一研究目标，研究团队依据意义建构方法论（Sense-making methodology），对荷兰流域管理领域的利益相关方开展了半结构化访谈。研究识别出三类受访者对问题与解决方案界定存在分歧的核心挑战：（1）在受控河流系统中构建弹性调控空间；（2）在河漫滩维护工作中维持综合管理模式；（3）制定适配气候变化的未来流域管理政策。随后，研究采用文化理论（Cultural Theory），分析受访者针对上述挑战构建认知视角的逻辑路径。分析结果揭示了利益相关方在构建此类认知视角时所运用的不同理性逻辑。据此可得出一项重要启示：在流域综合管理的决策过程中，利益相关方应正视并认可这些差异化的认知视角。此外，亟需开发嵌入学习场景的新型工具，以助力利益相关方交流并理解彼此的认知视角。