This paper discusses how to go about designing an interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary research project or programme, with ZEF's research initiative on "water pollution and human health" in India as the background of the presentation. A summary is given of Pohl and Hirsch Hadorn's (2007) main...

This paper discusses how to go about designing an interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary research project or programme, with ZEF's research initiative on 'water pollution and human health' in India as the background of the presentation. A summary is given of Pohl and Hirsch Hadorn's (2007) main...

Increasing population, geological factors, rapid urbanisation, agricultural developments, global markets, industrial development and poor wastewater regulation have affected the quantity and the quality of water. These activities have not only exhausted existing water resources, but also have...