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Ecology and Society vol 13, n°1 (2008) .
Spatial misfit in participatory river basin management: effects on social learning. A comparative analysis of German and French case studies
I. Borowski 1, Jean-Pierre Le Bourhis 2, C. Pahl-Wostl 1, Bernard Barraqué 3
(07/2008)

With the introduction of river basin management, as prescribed by the European Water Framework Directive (WFD), participatory structures are frequently introduced at the hydrological scale without fully adapting them to the decision-making structure. This results in parallel structures and spatial misfits within the institutional settings of river basin governance systems. By analyzing French and German case studies, we show how social learning (SL) is impeded by such misfits. We also demonstrate that river basin-scale institutions or actors that link parallel structures are essential for promoting river basins as management entities, and for encouraging SL between actors at the river basin scale. In the multi-scale, multi-level settings of river basin governance, it is difficult to fully exclude spatial misfits. Thus, it is important to take our insights into account in the current transition of water management from the administrative to the hydrological scale to get the greatest benefit from SL processes
1 :  Institut für Umweltsystemforschung
Universitat Osnabruck
2 :  Centre universitaire de recherches sur l'action publique et le politique. Epistémologie et Sciences sociales (CURAPP-ESS)
CNRS : UMR6054 – Université de Picardie Jules Verne
3 :  Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés (LATTS)
Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEMLV) – Ecole des Ponts ParisTech – CNRS : UMR8134
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique
institutions – public participation – river basin management – social learning – spatial misfit – spatial scales – water management – WFD
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