Published in Water<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0Special Issue Water Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, and Sustainable Water Resources Management<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Abstract: Water resource governance, much like the systems it endeavors to manage, must be<\/p>\n resilient and adaptive. Effective, resilient and adaptive water resource governance requires continuing<\/p>\n stakeholder engagement to address the complex nature of human and natural systems. Engagement<\/p>\n is an adaptive and iterative process of education and empowerment, building relationships and trust,<\/p>\n and facilitating collaboration. Collaborative modeling is a methodology that integrates diverse<\/p>\n stakeholder perspectives, fosters discussions, and creates space for problem identification and<\/p>\n consensus-based strategies and solutions to current water resource challenges. We define collaborative<\/p>\n modeling broadly, such that it includes a wide range of systems thinking exercises, as well as dynamic<\/p>\n models. By focusing on the relationships and interconnections in the system, collaborative modeling<\/p>\n facilitates clarification of mental models and the communication of science. We will describe our<\/p>\n work in two interstate basins and how it has evolved over time as these basins strive<\/p>\n For full text:<\/p>\n Beall King and Thornton 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"