Crossing the Frontiers

Transdisciplinary Research and the Negotiated Approach for Peri-Urban Groundwater Management in the Indo-Gangetic Delta

Working paper (2019)

Authors

L.M. Hermans Policy Analysis - TPM
S.L. Gomes Policy Analysis - TPM
Kazi Faisal Islam Jagrata Juba Shangha
Sheikh Nazmul Huda Jagrata Juba Shangha
Parthasarathi Banerjee The Researcher
Binoy Majumdar The Researcher
Soma Majumdar Majumdar The Researcher
W.A.H. Thissen Policy Analysis - TPM
Vishal Narain MDI Management Development Institute
Remi Kempers Both ENDS
Poulomi Banerjee SaciWATERs
Rezaul Hasan Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Mashfiqus Salehin Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Shah Alam Khan Shah Alam Khan Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
ATM Zakir Hossain Jagrata Juba Shangha
Research Group
Policy Analysis (TPM) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2019 L.M. Hermans, S.L. Gomes, W.A.H. Thissen, Vishal Narain, Remi Kempers, Poulomi Banerjee, Rezaul Hasan, Mashfiqus Salehin, Shah Alam Khan, ATM Zakir Hossain, Kazi Faisal Islam, Sheikh Nazmul Huda, Parthasarathi Banerjee, Binoy Majumdar, Soma Majumdar
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Published Date

2019

Language

English

Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Department

Multi Actor Systems

Research Group

Policy Analysis

Abstract

In this publication, we share our experiences with combining transdisciplinary research with the Negotiated Approached to address the challenges in groundwater management in peri-urban villages near Khulna, Bangladesh and near Kolkata, India. From 2014 – 2019, our team of researchers and civil society organizations has been executing the Shifting Grounds project. The project was developed as a transdisciplinary research project under the Urbanising Deltas of the World programme of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The Negotiated Approach, an approach for community empowerment, was used to combine research with capacity development within peri-urban communities. In this report, we capture our experiences as an interdisciplinary and international team, covering successes as well as challenges we faced in the process.