Uses of water by Dr. Bruce Stiftel

The 2007 Road to Excellence Conference featured Keynote Speaker Bruce Stiftel, Ph.D, of Florida State University. He is the co-editor of Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict: New Institutions for Collaborative Planning. Keynote Speaker Dr. Bruce Stiftel shared his experiences in Florida, a region with great water access challenges and history of contention over water. Stiftel noted that the planet is 75% water and each of us is 60% water. 'Anything that is that ubiquitous in our world, in our cells, and all the life around us is going to touch an enormous number of the things we do, the policies we set, the institutions that we have,' Stiftel declared, as he begin explaining the many uses of water and the different agencies and stakeholders that interact and conflict over its management and use. He cited examples from his home state of Florida to illustrate the context for discussions of adaptive governance.

Time: 5 min 37 sec