Learning about learning in water resource management

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Water and society In recent years, water management practice has shifted away from a ‘technicist’ approach, with its focus on building dams and laying pipes, to a broader approach which includes people as well other natural resources like land. This change has come about through understanding that it is not possible to manage water without knowing what people need, how they understand their water resource, and what role they have in managing it. Knowledge mediation Learning is always mediated. an extension officer or development fieldworker), or he/ she may be informal and unpaid but still in the mediator role.

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