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RESEARCH ARTICLE: A Social Capital Assessment of Canadian Community's Water Management Strategy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

S.E. Wolfe
S.E. Wolfe*
Affiliation:
Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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Sarah Wolfe, Assistant Professor, Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1Canada; (phone) 519-888-4567 ext. 38690; (fax) 519-746-0292; (e-mail) sewolfe@uwaterloo.ca
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Abstract

Social capital concepts may help to explain implementation gaps and to make water demand management policies more effective. However, the research is limited along these lines of inquiry. We collected data through multiple semistructured interviews, participant observation, surveys, and literature review to assess the evidence of social capital's influence on municipal water policy. The research approach represents an alternative because it challenges the dominance of a technical conceptualization of water management.

Environmental Practice 12:214–226 (2010)

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Environmental Practice , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 2010 , pp. 214 - 226
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Copyright © National Association of Environmental Professionals 2010

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