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Tackling wicked problems in the Malaysian Water Industry: a framework for university-industry research partnerships

Despite the relative abundance of rainfall and plentiful surface water resources, recent reports suggest that Malaysia is faced with the prospect of water scarcity.The predicted scarcity is less related to changes in rainfall patterns but in the diminishing availability of water resources and treatm...

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Main Authors:	Padfield, Rory, Richards, Cameron, Yusop, Zulkifli, Parkey, Jeffrey Randall, Harrison, Oliver, Christopher, Nigel Preece
Format:	Article
Published:	2013
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/40745/
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spelling	my.utm.407452017-08-03T04:41:10Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/40745/ Tackling wicked problems in the Malaysian Water Industry: a framework for university-industry research partnerships Padfield, Rory Richards, Cameron Yusop, Zulkifli Parkey, Jeffrey Randall Harrison, Oliver Christopher, Nigel Preece TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Despite the relative abundance of rainfall and plentiful surface water resources, recent reports suggest that Malaysia is faced with the prospect of water scarcity.The predicted scarcity is less related to changes in rainfall patterns but in the diminishing availability of water resources and treatment capacity for urban populations, both of which are linked to the inadequacy of the current water management regime.Further to this, growing concerns over dilapidated infrastructure, urban water pollution, institutional weaknesses, and political interference to the implementation of recent water reforms have sought to characterize Malaysia’s modern day water industry.One way of addressing the current un sustainability of the water industry is for greater collaboration and partnership between the industry’s key players, including developing robust and relevant university-industry collaborative partnerships. To date, there is no evidence of a strategy to coordinate and integrate broad interests of industry and university stakeholders; instead, research tends to be done in an ad hoc manner, focused on specific technical issues without addressing some of the more fundamental and complex industry challenges.With this in mind, this paper aims to present the findings of a recent research project aimed at developing an interdisciplinary research framework for university-industry collaboration in the Malaysian water industry. 2013 Article PeerReviewed Padfield, Rory and Richards, Cameron and Yusop, Zulkifli and Parkey, Jeffrey Randall and Harrison, Oliver and Christopher, Nigel Preece (2013) Tackling wicked problems in the Malaysian Water Industry: a framework for university-industry research partnerships. Journal of Governance and Development , n/a (n/a). n/a. ISSN 2289-2311
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topic	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Padfield, Rory Richards, Cameron Yusop, Zulkifli Parkey, Jeffrey Randall Harrison, Oliver Christopher, Nigel Preece Tackling wicked problems in the Malaysian Water Industry: a framework for university-industry research partnerships
description	Despite the relative abundance of rainfall and plentiful surface water resources, recent reports suggest that Malaysia is faced with the prospect of water scarcity.The predicted scarcity is less related to changes in rainfall patterns but in the diminishing availability of water resources and treatment capacity for urban populations, both of which are linked to the inadequacy of the current water management regime.Further to this, growing concerns over dilapidated infrastructure, urban water pollution, institutional weaknesses, and political interference to the implementation of recent water reforms have sought to characterize Malaysia’s modern day water industry.One way of addressing the current un sustainability of the water industry is for greater collaboration and partnership between the industry’s key players, including developing robust and relevant university-industry collaborative partnerships. To date, there is no evidence of a strategy to coordinate and integrate broad interests of industry and university stakeholders; instead, research tends to be done in an ad hoc manner, focused on specific technical issues without addressing some of the more fundamental and complex industry challenges.With this in mind, this paper aims to present the findings of a recent research project aimed at developing an interdisciplinary research framework for university-industry collaboration in the Malaysian water industry.
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author	Padfield, Rory Richards, Cameron Yusop, Zulkifli Parkey, Jeffrey Randall Harrison, Oliver Christopher, Nigel Preece
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title	Tackling wicked problems in the Malaysian Water Industry: a framework for university-industry research partnerships
title_short	Tackling wicked problems in the Malaysian Water Industry: a framework for university-industry research partnerships
title_full	Tackling wicked problems in the Malaysian Water Industry: a framework for university-industry research partnerships
title_fullStr	Tackling wicked problems in the Malaysian Water Industry: a framework for university-industry research partnerships
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