arjen zegwaard "can we know a delta?"
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Communities and Institutions for Flood ResilienceTurning Tides?
Can we know a Delta?from understanding a delta to decision making
Arjen Zegwaard, PhD candidate Irrigation and Water Engineering group, Wageningen University
&Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University, Amsterdam
Content of presentation
• Introduction:understanding, decision making and Deltas
• ApproachSocial Study of Science and Technology
• Climate change as a game changerThe Dutch Dealing with the Delta and blue-green algae
• BanglaDutchStudying the Bangladesh-Netherlands water management link
• Two questions
Introduction
What is a Delta?
How does it work?
conceptions; problems;
time/space;
technologies;
histories/futures;
...
Approach
• Social Studies of Science and technology
• Actor Network Approach
How?
• (in depth) Interviewing
• Participant observation
• Document analysis
Climate Change as a Game Changer
BanglaDutch
2 Questions:
• What are the Key Moments in history for the BGD Delta?
• Climate Change as a Game Changer in BGD?