Learning alliances for innovation in urban water management
- Resumen
- The Sustainable Water Improves Tomorrow¿s Cities¿ Health (SWITCH) consortium -a research partnership focused on long-term improvements in urban water management in developed and developing countries -is piloting innovative research processes that aim for more effective urban water science and wider and more integrated use of research within cities. In this paper, learning alliances are introduced as an approach to build multi-stakeholder partnerships for more demand-led research and wider scaling-up of the use of research findings. The need for an integrated approach to deal with the complexity of urban water management is discussed. Using the example of the city of Lodz in Poland the learning alliance approach is illustrated, and some examples are given on how impact evaluation can be used innovatively in the design and implementation of research partnerships. Finally, some more general lessons learned to date are synthesised from SWITCH and other similar learning projects.
- Autor
- Butterworth, J.A; Dzigielewska-Geitz, M.; Wagner, I.; Sutherland, A.; Manning, N.; Da Silva, C.; Verhagen, J.
- Palabras Clave
- Planificación hidrológica, Proyecto SWITCH, Tecnología ambiental, Ciudades, Investigación, Desarrollo tecnológico
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