Abstract ........................................................ 1
Introduction .................................................... 1
Definition of the issue and overall project design ........... 1
Background ................................................... 1
I. Transdisciplinarity—science in a political and social
context ..................................................... 4
II. A brief history of the controversy .......................... 8
III.Science as a source of confusion and distrust .............. 12
A science-centered mode of thinking ........................ 12
The informational decisionmaking model ..................... 15
The transdisciplinary decisionmaking model ................. 17
Conclusion ..................................................... 19
Acknowledgments ................................................ 20
References ..................................................... 20
Appendix
Chronology of the post-World War II community actions
with regard to the San Francisquito Creek and USGS
San Francisquito Creek Project ................................. 22
Figures
1. Boundary of San Francisquito Creek watershed ................. 2
2. Jurisdictional boundaries within San Francisqutio Creek
watershed .................................................... 3
3. Joint fact finding as a step in the consensus building
process ...................................................... 5
4. Six steps of Joint Fact Finding .............................. 6
5. The informational model ..................................... 15
6. An example of the informational model ....................... 16
7. The zone of overlap among the scientific, political,
and public spheres .......................................... 17
8. The transdisciplinary decisionmaking model .................. 18
Tables
1. A summary of two series of interviews with the main
players in the San Francisquito Creek project ............... 14
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