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. (2018-08-09)

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度。在这一多学科场景中，来自不同背景的行动者对问题与解决方案的框架诠释方式各不相同。若要化解冲突，关键在于正视而非忽视相互对立的社会框架诠释的存在。亟需深化对流域综合管理中行动者如何界定问题与解决方案的认知。为达成这一认知深化目标，研究团队遵循意义建构法（Sense-making），对荷兰流域管理领域的行动者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差异的挑战：（1）在人工管控的河道系统中构建运行灵活性；（2）在河漫滩维护工作中维持综合管理路径；（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）对受访者针对上述挑战的视角构建逻辑展开分析。分析结果揭示了行动者在构建此类视角时所采用的不同理性逻辑。据此可得出一项启示：在流域综合管理的决策过程中，行动者需正视并认可这些差异化视角。亟需开发嵌入学习环境的新型工具，以助力行动者之间的视角交流与相互理解。（2018-08-09）