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Title:
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SOME SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO INCORPORATE NETWORK STRUCTURE WITHIN LEARNING AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR IRRIGATION PROJECTS MANAGEMENT |
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Author(s):
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Newton Paulo Bueno |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-10-8 |
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Editors:
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Ajith P. Abraham, Antonio Palma dos Reis and Jörg Roth |
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Year:
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2014 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Sustainability, diffusion, assortative networks, irrigation systems management. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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205 |
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Last Page:
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210 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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In this paper we argue that the structure of underlying social networks has a profound impact on the diffusion of behavior and information in social ecological systems. The paper explores some of recent findings in the field of the new science of networks in order to provide insight about the following specific issues: a) how a key network characteristic, namely its assortativity degree, influences the diffusion of innovations, here defined as ideas or practices that are perceived as new by individuals, in a particular type of social-ecological system: irrigation systems; b) how to assess the assortativity degree of this kind of system from real data, and c) how to integrate this information into learning and decision support system in further studies. We illustrate the discussion with an analysis of an actual irrigation system in the semi-arid region of Brazil. |
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