Adapting Institutions: Governance, Complexity and Social-Ecological Resilience

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139017237

Global environmental change is occurring at a rate faster than humans have ever experienced. Climate change and the loss of ecosystem services are the two main global environmental crises facing us today. As a result, there is a need for better understanding of the specific and general resilience of networked ecosystems, cities, organisations and institutions to cope with change. In this book, an international team of experts provide cutting-edge insights into building the resilience and adaptive governance of complex social-ecological systems. Through a set of case studies, it focuses on the social science dimension of ecosystem management in the context of global change, in a move to bridge existing gaps between resilience, sustainability and social science. Using empirical examples ranging from local to global levels, views from a variety of disciplines are integrated to provide an essential resource for scholars, policy-makers and students, seeking innovative approaches to governance.

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Frontmatter
pp i-v
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Contents
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Illustrations
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Contributors
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Foreword
pp xvii-xviii
- By Elinor Ostrom
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Acknowledgements
pp xix-xix
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Acronyms and abbreviations
pp xx-xxii
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1 - Adapting institutions, adaptive governance and complexity: an introduction
pp 1-8
- By Emily Boyd, Carl Folke
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Part I - Adapting local institutions, networks, leadership and learning
pp 9-10
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2 - Knowledge, social networks and leadership: setting the stage for the development of adaptive institutions?
pp 11-36
- By Beatrice Crona, Örjan Bodin
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3 - Adaptive capacity of local indigenous institutions: the case of the taboo forests of southern Madagascar
pp 37-74
- By Maria Tengö, Jacob Von Heland
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4 - Adapting to change: tracing farmers’ responses to disturbances in irrigation systems in Nepal
pp 75-100
- By Ingela Ternström
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5 - Creating incentives for increased public engagement in ecosystem management through urban commons
pp 101-124
- By Johan Colding
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Part II - Adapting and governing public institutions for uncertainty and complexity
pp 125-126
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6 - Adaptive capacity and the ecostate
pp 127-147
- By Andreas Duit
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7 - Food systems and adaptive governance: food crisis in Niger
pp 148-170
- By Sirkku Juhola
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8 - Public–private partnerships in the provision of environmental governance: a case of disaster management
pp 171-190
- By Emma L. Tompkins, Lisa-Ann Hurlston
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Part III - Adapting multi-level institutions to environmental crisis
pp 191-192
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9 - Double complexity: information technology and reconfigurations in adaptive governance
pp 193-215
- By Victor Galaz
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10 - Adaptive governance and natural hazards: the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the governance of coastal ecosystems in Sri Lanka
pp 216-239
- By Alison Ashlin
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11 - Adapting to global climate change: evaluating resilience in two networked public institutions
pp 240-263
- By Emily Boyd
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12 - Conclusions: adapting institutions and resilience
pp 264-280
- By Emily Boyd, Carl Folke
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Index
pp 281-290
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-v

Contents
pp vii-viii

Illustrations
pp ix-xi

Contributors
pp xii-xvi

Foreword
pp xvii-xviii

Acknowledgements
pp xix-xix

Acronyms and abbreviations
pp xx-xxii

1 - Adapting institutions, adaptive governance and complexity: an introduction
pp 1-8

Part I - Adapting local institutions, networks, leadership and learning
pp 9-10

2 - Knowledge, social networks and leadership: setting the stage for the development of adaptive institutions?
pp 11-36

3 - Adaptive capacity of local indigenous institutions: the case of the taboo forests of southern Madagascar
pp 37-74

4 - Adapting to change: tracing farmers’ responses to disturbances in irrigation systems in Nepal
pp 75-100

5 - Creating incentives for increased public engagement in ecosystem management through urban commons
pp 101-124

Part II - Adapting and governing public institutions for uncertainty and complexity
pp 125-126

6 - Adaptive capacity and the ecostate
pp 127-147

7 - Food systems and adaptive governance: food crisis in Niger
pp 148-170

8 - Public–private partnerships in the provision of environmental governance: a case of disaster management
pp 171-190

Part III - Adapting multi-level institutions to environmental crisis
pp 191-192

9 - Double complexity: information technology and reconfigurations in adaptive governance
pp 193-215

10 - Adaptive governance and natural hazards: the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the governance of coastal ecosystems in Sri Lanka
pp 216-239

11 - Adapting to global climate change: evaluating resilience in two networked public institutions
pp 240-263

12 - Conclusions: adapting institutions and resilience
pp 264-280

Index
pp 281-290

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