Communicating About Water in the Floridan Aquifer Region: Part 6—Stakeholders’ Mental Models of Regional Water Challenges

This series provides research-based strategies for minimizing polarization and improving collaboration between groups with different water preferences.

Intended audiences: water managers, government officials, scientists, Extension faculty, news media, industry, and other water-related organizations

This material was supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2017-68007-26319. This material is additionally supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number 2021590. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture or the National Science Foundation.  

A representation of the relationships that define a situation under study. A model may be a set of mathematical equations, a computer program, or any other type of representation, ranging from verbal statements to physical objects.

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