Science and Policy-Making; A Nessacity of A Supermodel for State- Part 1: Spatial Scale

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, I. R. Iran.

2 Ph.D. Student of Watershed Management Science and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, I. R. Iran.

Abstract

Ignoring the spatial scale in understanding of environmental processes resulted in a vagueness in environment problems statement and incorrect decision-making in environment management. Because, connection between solutions and environmental problems in policy-making processes, require attention to suitable spatial scale of technical knowledge. Therefore in this study, focusing on descriptive-analytical approach, the role of spatial scale were surveyed in environmental policymaking. The results showed that despite the effort to understand the the environmental problems in international scale,governments focus more on environment and natural resources management in national scale. So, using of national scale is necessary for attainment to special methodological framework for solving the environment problems and transfer adequate solutions and understanding of technical knowledge to policy context. Hence, it could be suggested that providing and designing an environmental policymaking supermodel in state scale (national scale) can hemogenise its environmental macro-policies scale with scale of understanding of environmental problems. In other word, this supermodel is useful for connect technical knowledge outcomes to understanding of policymakers in national spatial scale.

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Iranian Journal of Forest
Volume 12, Issue 3
December 2020
Pages 407-419

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  • Receive Date: 31 December 2019
  • Revise Date: 28 June 2020
  • Accept Date: 04 August 2020

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