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ArticleAmbio2015

Science-policy processes for transboundary water governance.

Derek Armitage, Rob C de Loë, Michelle Morris, Tom W D Edwards, Andrea K Gerlak, Roland I Hall, Dave Huitema, Ray Ison, David Livingstone, Glen MacDonald and 3 more

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Article in Ambio, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
16.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Transboundary water conflicts, cooperation, and pathways forward.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  4. Evolving together: transboundary water governance in the Colorado River Basin.International environmental agreements : politics, law and economics · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 6 countries.

Derek ArmitageEnvironmental Change & Governance Group, Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, derek.armitage@uwaterloo.ca.
Rob C de Loë
Michelle Morris
Tom W D Edwards
Andrea K Gerlak
Roland I Hall
Dave Huitema
Ray Ison
David Livingstone
Glen MacDonald
Naho Mirumachi
Ryan Plummer
Brent B Wolfe
University of Waterloo · CAThe Open University · GBKing's College London · GBStockholm Resilience Centre · SEUniversity of Arizona · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USWilfrid Laurier University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this policy perspective, we outline several conditions to support effective science-policy interaction, with a particular emphasis on improving water governance in transboundary basins. Key conditions include (1) recognizing that science is a crucial but bounded input into water resource decision-making processes; (2) establishing conditions for collaboration and shared commitment among actors; (3) understanding that social or group-learning processes linked to science-policy interaction are enhanced through greater collaboration; (4) accepting that the collaborative production of knowledge about hydrological issues and associated socioeconomic change and institutional responses is essential to build legitimate decision-making processes; and (5) engaging boundary organizations and informal networks of scientists, policy makers, and civil society. We elaborate on these conditions with a diverse set of international examples drawn from a synthesis of our collective experiences in assessing the opportunities and constraints (including the role of power relations) related to governance for water in transboundary settings.

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Government RegulationState GovernmentCanadaConservation of Natural ResourcesCooperative BehaviorDecision MakingEnvironmental PolicyWater Resources

Identifiers

PMID25773532
PMCPMC4510322
OpenAlexW2049846976

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