Epistemic communities on environmental problem-solving. Trends in urban rivers restoration

The objective of the article is to remark the relevance of the social and political dimensions in the urban river restoration initiatives. The author assumes that there are several cognitive frames to understand the river pollution. Epistemic community is a useful concept in order to develop this ki...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Zamora Saenz, Itzkuauhtli
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repository:Espiral Estudios sobre Estado y Sociedad
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:espiral.cucsh.udg.mx:article/6106
Online Access:http://espiral.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/EEES/article/view/6106
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:comunidad epistémica
río urbano
participación
marco cognitivo
deliberación.
Epistemic community
urban river
participation
cognitive frame
deliberation.
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Summary:The objective of the article is to remark the relevance of the social and political dimensions in the urban river restoration initiatives. The author assumes that there are several cognitive frames to understand the river pollution. Epistemic community is a useful concept in order to develop this kind of plurality. The epistemic community consolidation lies in the opening and continuity of deliberative spaces. This theoretical proposal is illustrated with different cognitive frames from actors interviews, identified in the  government initiative to build an epistemic community to rescue the Magdalena river, located in Mexico City.