“Playing the game”, identity and perception-of-the-other in water cooperation in the Jordan River Basin
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“Playing the game”, identity and perception-of-the-other in water cooperation in the Jordan River Basin. / Wessels, Josepha Ivanka.
In: Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - “Playing the game”, identity and perception-of-the-other in water cooperation in the Jordan River Basin
AU - Wessels, Josepha Ivanka
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The concept of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) has enjoyed immense popularity and thus has been the preferred approach for river basin management. IWRM generally has a strong focus on rational choice, based on a technocratic conceptual interpretation of the conventional hydrological cycle. However, uncritical acceptance of IWRM runs the risk of blinding policy makers and academics for the defining impact of context, socio-cultural, political, historical and cognitive dimensions in water cooperation. Human behaviour in water cooperation was tested and observed during eight experiments with the Jordan River Basin Boardgame Exercise (JRBBE) played with respondent groups from inside and outside the Jordan River Basin. The experiments consisted of one control group outside the basin and seven respondent groups both outside and inside the basin. This article argues that the role of identities, beliefs and perception-of-the-other, should be taken more into account in order to develop successful and socio-political sustainable river basin management.
AB - The concept of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) has enjoyed immense popularity and thus has been the preferred approach for river basin management. IWRM generally has a strong focus on rational choice, based on a technocratic conceptual interpretation of the conventional hydrological cycle. However, uncritical acceptance of IWRM runs the risk of blinding policy makers and academics for the defining impact of context, socio-cultural, political, historical and cognitive dimensions in water cooperation. Human behaviour in water cooperation was tested and observed during eight experiments with the Jordan River Basin Boardgame Exercise (JRBBE) played with respondent groups from inside and outside the Jordan River Basin. The experiments consisted of one control group outside the basin and seven respondent groups both outside and inside the basin. This article argues that the role of identities, beliefs and perception-of-the-other, should be taken more into account in order to develop successful and socio-political sustainable river basin management.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - IWRM
KW - Water
KW - Cooperation
KW - Identity
KW - Serious Gaming
KW - Rational choice
KW - Jordan River
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - IWRM
KW - Water
KW - Cooperation
KW - Identity
KW - Serious Gaming
KW - Rational choice
KW - Jordan River
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - IWRM
KW - Water
KW - Cooperation
KW - Identity
KW - Serious Gaming
KW - Rational choice
KW - Jordan River
U2 - 10.1080/02626667.2015.1031759
DO - 10.1080/02626667.2015.1031759
M3 - Journal article
JO - Hydrological Sciences Journal
JF - Hydrological Sciences Journal
SN - 0262-6667
ER -
ID: 149086331