Tapio Katko

Tampere University, Civil Engineering, Emeritus

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Associate Professor, Non-fiction author, Dr. Tapio S. KATKO (Civ. Eng) is currently a Visiting Senior Expert at Tampere University, Faculty of Built Environment, Finland since his formal retirement 1st October 2019. From June 2010 until February 2020 Katko served as the holder of UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Water Services. In 1998–2017 he acted as the leader of the multi- and interdisciplinary research team “Capacity Development in Water and Environmental Services (CADWES)” at Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Finland. www.cadwes.com, and as the co-leader in 2017–19 together with his successor. His professional career of 46 years covers working abroad for five years including Southern Africa region and the USA. His publications include 232 Peer review scientific articles; 57 Non–refereed articles; 40 Scientific books; 235 Publications for professional communities; 62 Publications for the general public; 3 Public artistic and design activities; and 3 Theses. He has received six international and six national prizes or honors. His research areas cover long-term development of water services (history and futures) including sanitation as well as management, institutions, policy and governance of water services.

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Creating collaboration for contentious projects on managed aquifer recharge: two cases from Finland

Hydrogeology Journal, 2022

In Finland, community water supply has increasingly relied on natural groundwater and artificiall... more In Finland, community water supply has increasingly relied on natural groundwater and artificially recharged groundwater as the raw water source. Several managed aquifer recharge (MAR) projects have been co-created with involved parties and have proceeded well, while some cases have raised considerable resistance among the stakeholders. It seems that success or failure in MAR cooperation is related to management cultures and the ways in which various interests are taken into account, from the very beginning and throughout the process. Empirically, this paper builds on comparison between two conflictual case studies in Finland: one in the Tampere region and the other in the Turku region. The study analyses the major constraints of these projects through the lens of collaborative rationality, also drawing upon discourse analysis and negotiation theory. The material is gathered through thematic interviews of stakeholders, newspaper articles and a stakeholder workshop. The results indicate that conventional management approaches, drawing from expert-based instrumental rationality, were insufficient in both cases. The collaborative rationality framework suggests that legitimacy for the groundwater projects should be gained through joint knowledge production and inclusive multiparty interaction for creating options for collaboration. Both cases lacked the tools and knowhow for authentic dialogue and collaboration. The emerging paradigm emphasizes more collaborative approaches for natural resources management and urban planning. While MAR projects operate inside these areas and are highly complex in nature, it is essential to embrace the emerging paradigm in order to promote MAR systems along with their huge potential.

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