Adapting institutions:governance, complexity, and social-ecological resilience

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Group Author: Boyd Emily.; Folke Carl.
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge New York
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xxii, 290 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780521897501 (hc)
0521897505 (hc)
Index Number: X22
CLC: X22
Call Number: X22/A221
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Adapting institutions, adaptive governance and complexity: an introduction / Emily Boyd and Carl Folke -- Knowledge, social networks, and leadership: setting the stage for the development of adaptive institutions? / Beatrice Crona and O rjan Bodin -- Adaptive capacity of local indigenous institutions: the case of taboo forests in southern Madagascar / Maria Tengo and Jacob von Heland -- Adapting to change: tracing farmers' responses to disturbances in irrigation systems in Nepal / Ingela Ternstro m -- Creating incentives for increased public engagement in ecosystem management through urban commons / Johan Colding -- Adaptive capacity and the ecostate / Andreas Duit -- Food systems and adaptive governance: the case of the 2005 food crisis in Niger / Sirkku Juhola -- Public-private partnerships in the provision of environmental governance: a case of disaster management / Emma L. Tompkins and Lisa-Ann Hurlston -- Double complexity: information technology and reconfigurations in adaptive governance / Victor Galaz -- Adaptive governance and natural hazards: the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the governance of coastal ecosystems in Sri Lanka / Alison Ashlin -- Adapting to global climate change: evaluating resilience in two networked policy institutions / Emily Boyd -- Conclusions: adapting institutions and resilience / Emily Boyd and Carl Folke.