How to build science-action partnerships for local land-use planning and management: lessons from Durban, South Africa

摘要: The gap between scientific knowledge and implementation in the fields of biodiversity conservation, environmental management, climate change adaptation has resulted many calls from practitioners academics to provide practical solutions responding effectively risks opportunities global change, e.g., Future Earth. We present a framework guide science-action partnerships based on real-world case study partnership local municipality an academic institution bridge eThekwini Municipal Area, South Africa. This aims inform sustainable land-use planning, practice contributes development human capacity these areas expertise. Using transdisciplinary approach, implementation-driven research is being conducted develop several decision-making products better planning management. Lessons learned through this are synthesized presented as enabling actions operating at different levels, individual interorganizational. Enabling include putting place organizational preconditions, assembling functional well-structured team, actively building interpersonal collaborative capacity. emphasize importance social capital, paying attention process achieve more tangible science, policy objectives partnerships. By documenting reflecting process, provides conceptual guidance bridging