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ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE
Volume 91, Issue -, Pages 95-110Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.01.014
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Participatory modelling; Collaborative modelling; Informed decision making; Stakeholder participation; Cooperation; Water resources management
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Decision Support Systems, and, more recently, participatory and collaborative modelling have emerged as a response to increased focus on stakeholder participation in modelling activities for certain fields like water resources management. Researchers. and practitioners frequently use 'buzzwords' such as 'participatory modelling' and 'collaborative modelling'. In some cases, both terms are used interchangeably, largely due to unclear distinction between them in literature. This article draws the line between participatory and collaborative modelling by using levels of participation and cooperation as conditioning dimensions. Based on this methodology, a new generic framework is presented. This framework can help identify determinant features of both modelling approaches currently used in water resources management. It permits analysis of these approaches in terms of context, specific use, information handling, stakeholder involvement, modelling team and means. The article concludes with an application of the framework to a collaborative modelling approach carried out for a groundwater study in the Netherlands. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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