Developing the transboundary Long Term Vision of the Scheldt Estuary – an untold story
In: Water International. International Water Resources Association: Urbana, IL etc.. ISSN 0250-8060; e-ISSN 1941-1707, more
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Author keywords |
Scheldt Estuary; boundary object; three-layer hybrid modelling; conceptual ecological model; transboundary decision-mak ing; vision development; Belgium; the Netherlands |
Abstract |
The development of the bilateral Long Term Vision for the Scheldt Estuary between 1999 and 2001 reveals that it is possible to move from a history of conflict to cooperation in just two years. A retrospective, insider perspective is used to analyse the integrated three-layer hybrid modelling at the heart of this groundbreaking agreement. We tell an untold story of the collaborative eco-morphological modelling activity that served as a boundary object supporting communication and contributing to a model-based metaphor of the intrinsic character of the estuary – its most lasting contribution.
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