Taming the waters: strategies to domesticate the wicked problems of water resource management

摘要: Increasing demands on water resource organisations are explored in three large US river basins: the Columbia River, Southern California, and Potomac River Basin/Chesapeake Bay Washington DC metropolitan area. Interviews with staff of management revealed a strong preference for strategies that consolidate resources over-build systems order to provide reliable, low-cost, safe services. As challenges these emerge as problems shift from tame wicked, develop spread risks through cooperation. When domesticating fail, some have moved local adaptive negotiation solutions affected parties. The approaches reflect general trend away infrastructure-intensive social interaction-intensive strategies. Instead managing uncertainty physical structures organised routines, agencies beginning 'manage' ambiguous relationships partners who conflicting needs.