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Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

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Editors:
  1. Derek Armitage

    1. Dept. Geography &, Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

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  2. Ryan Plummer

    1. Dept. Tourism & Environment, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada

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  • A consolidated, interdisciplinary approach to environmental governance
  • Highlights theoretical advances and practical implications
  • Written by internationally recognized experts in the field
  • For researchers, policy makers and resource managers
  • All chapters were peer-reviewed.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series on Environmental Management (SSEM)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Adaptive Capacity in Theory and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 22-22
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  3. Integrating Perspectives on Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

    1. Integrating Perspectives on Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

      • Ryan Plummer, Derek Armitage
      Pages 1-19

  4. Adaptive Capacity in Theory and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 22-22
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    2. Adaptive Capacity in Theory and Reality: Implications for Governance in the Great Barrier Reef Region

      • Erin Bohensky, Samantha Stone-Jovicich, Silva Larson, Nadine Marshall
      Pages 23-41

    3. Building Adaptive Capacity in Systems Beyond the Threshold: The Story of Macubeni, South Africa

      • Christo Fabricius, Georgina Cundill
      Pages 43-68

    4. Learning and Adaptation: The Role of Fisheries Comanagement in Building Resilient Social–Ecological Systems

      • Daniela C. Kalikoski, Edward H. Allison
      Pages 69-88

    5. Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation in Swedish Multi-Use Boreal Forests: Sites of Interaction Between Different Land Uses

      • E. Carina H. Keskitalo
      Pages 89-106

    6. From the Inside Out: A Multi-scale Analysis of Adaptive Capacity in a Northern Community and the Governance Implications

      • Sonia Wesche, Derek R. Armitage
      Pages 107-132

    7. Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity in Arctic Communities

      • Robin Sydneysmith, Mark Andrachuk, Barry Smit, Grete K. Hovelsrud
      Pages 133-156

    8. Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity, and Governance for Drinking Water in Canada

      • Rob de Loë, Ryan Plummer
      Pages 157-178

    9. Institutional Fit and Interplay in a Dryland Agricultural Social–Ecological System in Alberta, Canada

      • Johanna Wandel, Gregory P. Marchildon
      Pages 179-195

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 303-307
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Rapid environmental change calls for individuals and societies with an ability to transform our interactions with each other and the ecosystems upon which we depend. Adaptive capacity - the ability of a social-ecological system (or the components of that system) to be robust to disturbances and capable of responding to changes - is increasingly recognized as a critical attribute of multi-level environmental governance. This unique volume offers the first interdisciplinary and integrative perspective on an emerging area of applied scholarship, with contributions from internationally recognized researchers and practitioners. It demonstrates how adaptive capacity makes environmental governance possible in complex social-ecological systems. Cutting-edge theoretical developments are explored and empirical case studies offered from a wide range of geographic settings and natural resource contexts, such as water, climate, fisheries and forestry. • Of interest to researchers, policymakers and resource managers seeking to navigate and understand social-ecological change in diverse geographic settings and resource contexts

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Geography &, Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

    Derek Armitage

  • Dept. Tourism & Environment, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada

    Ryan Plummer

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