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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"adaptive governance"”.
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Knowledge Mobilization: Local Community Engagement, Sustainability, and Adaptive Governance
… is also essential to focus on the practices of adaptive governance to implement sustainability initiatives and contribute to local knowledge mobilization. The key research question considers if and how community social learning can be advanced through ecomuseums within the system of adaptive …
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Adaptive governance of contested rivers : a political journey into the uncertain
Governance of international rivers is characterized by complex institutional arrangements aimed at minimizing uncertainty and making it difficult for participants to avoid their responsibilities. However, as new information emerges, new impacts of activities on rivers are identified, new …
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An analysis of the emergence of adaptive governance for sustainable management of marine resources
This thesis examined the emergence of adaptive governance in a national system of marine governance, with particular emphasis on the role of marine planning. Using a social-ecological systems framework, a model was constructed to enable analysis of Scotland’s marine governance system, as a dynamic …
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The role of municipal decision-making in community wellbeing in times of drought: a case study of Canada’s Sunshine Coast Regional District
… water supply sources. Significant progress in adaptive governance could be achieved and supported by adjusting policies and practices proactively. Participants emphasized the need to consider human, natural, economic, and social aspects of community wellbeing, advocating for a holistic approach …
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Building adaptive smart transport governance using citizen-centric data
… “smart city”, many cities have adopted smart governance to address complex socio-economic and spatial issues in urban areas. Smart transport governance is applying innovations in the process of collective decision making in response to the technological and other changes in smart transport …
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MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE IN EUROPEAN RIVER BASINS: CHALLENGES IN THE INTEGRATION OF ADAPTATION, DISASTER RESPONSE, AND RESILIENCE
… of the strengths and weaknesses in basin level governance particularly as it relates to three current policy priorities: adaptive governance, international frameworks for response to natural and man-made disasters, and resilience in integrated water resources management. While these priorities …
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Advancing climate-adaptive watershed health by integrating socio-ecological systems and team science
Strengthening effective watershed health and adaptive capacity amid accelerating climate change and compounding socio-ecological stressors demands integrative approaches that link systems analysis, risk and vulnerability assessments, and justice-centered collaboration. The Río Grande de Añasco …
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The impact of cultural and social factors on the success of e-governance systems in Kuwait.
… the nature of adoption and accessibility of e-governance in Kuwait. A dual-methods approach integrating interviews (22) and focus group discussions (4) was used. Findings reveal that low levels of public awareness, digital literacy gaps, and institutional mistrust hinder engagement, …
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Adaptive water governance: flood management and the policy process in Scotland
This thesis improves the understanding of adaptive water governance in the policy process, and draws lessons of policy relevance for flood management. Scholars using the concept of adaptive water governance posit that factors influencing the governing activities of social actors are of critical …
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Scaling up collaborative governance for better fit and flexibility: a case study of the Two-Rivers Three-Watersheds Two-States (2-3-2) partnership
… across jurisdictional boundaries. Collaborative governance arose as an alternative to the centralized and adversarial approaches that had dominated environmental policy since the passage of core environmental statutes in the 1970s. Collaborative groups seek to overcome conflict by facilitating …
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How Well Do Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Address Gender Equity?
… that occur in the design, implementation, and adaptive governance of nature-based solutions. While organizations promoting nature-based solutions purport to take gender equity seriously, the approaches adopted are often tokenistic. Also, projects rarely move beyond the simple inclusion of women …
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Conservation and resilience to drought: a social-ecological perspective on conservation areas in Kenya's Southern Maasailand
… in that way today. In examining processes of adaptive governance over recent droughts, this thesis also shows how the current constitution of natural resource governance institutions, and the ways in which they are given authority, have resulted in adaptive systems which are considered to be …
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The Development of a Conceptual Framework for Hybridity and Sustainability in Social (Micro-) Franchises
… by identifying the mechanisms, structures, and governance processes that manage hybrid tensions. Using a Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM) within a pragmatic paradigm, the research followed a multi-stage process: (1) a scoping and conceptual review of hybrid organising, franchising, and …
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Conundrums of food governance in South African metropoles
… on the discourse and practice of urban food governance in the city of Cape Town, considered from the point of view of a Foucauldian analysis of deliberative statecraft. The focus is on the ways in which metropolitan governments have tried to make food systems visible and galvanise strategic …
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Enabling sustainable river futures: Exploring institutional interventions
… approaches through participatory and adaptive processes, couched within principles of integration, justice and place. While these ideas are firmly ingrained within the river management literature, management practice has not necessarily paralleled these trends. Governance frameworks …
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Deriving Lessons for Urban Planning and Housing Delivery from the Resilience of Informal Housing Systems in Zambia
… reached through flexibilities in standards and adaptive governance approach that blend in social-cultural financing and contractual practices, building methods, innovations and land delivery systems. Besides the study shows informal housing resilience to be sustained by urban planning frameworks …
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Maximizing the Benefits of Desalinated Seawater Supply for Agricultural Sustainability
… adoption depends on sectoral incentives and governance capacity. The thesis then introduces a demand-side optimisation framework that leverages desalinated water’s independence from hydro-climatic variability. This framework couples AquaCrop-OSPy with a novel self-tuning multi-layer (STML) …
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Digging deeper for benefits: rural local governance and the livelihood and sustainability outcomes of devils claw (Harpagophytum spp.) harvesting in the Zambezi Region, Namibia
Natural resource governance in Africa is characterised by increased commercialisation of natural resources, the promotion of community-based natural resource management, and a re-appropriation of traditional authorities and customary law as evidenced by their inclusion in statutory frameworks. Yet, …
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Investments in watershed services: understanding a new arena of environmental governance in the western United States
… on understanding this new arena of environmental governance aimed at freshwater conservation in the US West. Through three sets of data and analytical lenses I explore: the characterization of this new arena of governance, what led to its recent and significant growth, and what changes have …
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A private sector-inclusive governance framework for local economic development in rural areas of Limpopo Province in South Africa
… These are primarily rooted in systemic governance shortcomings, the exclusion of private sector participation, and the enduring legacy of state-centric approaches that have perpetuated poverty, high unemployment, and spatial inequalities stemming from apartheid-era development patterns. …