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An Introduction to Practical Panarchy: Linking Law, Resilience, and Adaptive Water Governance of Regional Scale Social-Ecological Systems Read chapter Read first chapter

2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

16. Theory and Research to Study the Legal and Institutional Foundations of Adaptive Governance

Authors : Daniel A. DeCaro, Brian C. Chaffin, Edella Schlager, Ahjond S. Garmestani, J. B. Ruhl

Published in: Practical Panarchy for Adaptive Water Governance

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Adaptation to major social and ecological changes requires the participation, innovation, social learning, and political deliberation of many stakeholders, doing many different governance activities at different scales. Legal and institutional systems set the ground rules for this governance activity, establishing boundaries and opportunities for widespread innovation and cooperation. However, the enabling conditions for adaptive governance are poorly understood, making it difficult to facilitate. Candidate design principles that describe enabling conditions for adaptive environmental governance are proposed. Research opportunities are outlined to study the effects of these factors in different social-ecological systems and to further refine the principles.

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Metadata
Title
Theory and Research to Study the Legal and Institutional Foundations of Adaptive Governance
Authors
Daniel A. DeCaro
Brian C. Chaffin
Edella Schlager
Ahjond S. Garmestani
J. B. Ruhl
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Practical Panarchy for Adaptive Water Governance

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-72470-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-72472-0

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72472-0_16