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This article explores the strategies that were, and are being, used to facilitate the transition from scientific developmentto operational application of the South African River Health Programme (RHP). Theoretical models from the field of the management of technology are used to provide insight into the dynamics that influence the relationship between the creation and application of environmental programmes, and the RHP in particular. Four key components of the RHP design are analysed,namely the (a) guiding team, (b) concepts, tools and methods, (c) infra-structural innovations and (d) communication. These key components evolved over three broad life stages of the programme, which are called the design, growth and anchoring stages.
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Roux, D.J. Strategies used to Guide the Design and Implementation of a National River Monitoring Programme in South Africa. Environ Monit Assess 69, 131–158 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010793505708
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