The role for transdisciplinarity in water accounting by business: reflections and opportunitiesKatherine L. Christ (katherine.christ@unisa.edu.a...

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The role for transdisciplinarity in water accounting by business: reflections and opportunitiesKatherine L. Christ (katherine.christ@unisa.edu.au)and Roger L. Burritt (roger.burritt@anu.edu.au)  ; A new publication on water accounting and the potential for transdisciplionary research which includes collaboration between many relevant disciplines (interdisciplinary) and practitioners (to reduce the academic-practitioner gap) on equal terms and supports better water management solutions.  The article can be found here.  ABSTRACT:Pressure on water resources necessitates vigilant water management by business. As business is one of the largest users of freshwater, backing for improved management is essential. Literature indicates that voluntary corporate water accounting initiatives are designed to provide relevant support for better water management, but have several shortcomings. These are identified in the article. Because of its general use for addressing complex issues in sustainability, the article considers transdisciplinarity to help overcome some of the existing shortcomings associated with water accounting developments for business. Two main characteristics of transdisciplinarity are explored in the context of such water accounting. First is an integrative collaboration between, across and beyond different disciplines. Second is engagement with non-academic stakeholders as equal partners in the research process. Based on identified necessary improvements required for business water accounting and the promising prospects for resolving these by application of transdisciplinarity, an agenda for future research is proposed, to act as a catalyst towards better water accounting and water management. KEYWORDS : Corporate water accounting, transdisciplinarity, water management, collaboration, water crisis, business 

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  1. Roger Burritt this will get more views if you create an article with abstract and upload the paper /link to it adding appropriate tags so that people searching for this kind of information will find it more easily. I suggest that you create it in The Financing group here https://thewaternetwork.com/_/water-and-financing/ 

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