Global climate adaptation governance in the Amazon through a polycentricity lens

Wit, Fronika de; Freitas, Paula Martins

doi:10.1590/0034-7329201900207

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“…Thus, in the Brazilian Amazon, urban climatology faces the challenge of addressing natural climate variability (NCV), global environmental changes at a fast pace, advancing land cover changes at the regional level and the consequences of an intense and growing urbanization process. In addition, the municipality has played a prominent role as an agent of climate governance, given a polycentric perspective reinforced in the Paris Agreement in 2015 (Wit and Freitas, 2019). Especially in Brazil, municipalities are constitutionally responsible for legislating on environmental policies, in addition to regulating agricultural expansion and urban development.…”

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Urban Environment and the Air Temperature Trend: The Case of the Metropolis of Brazilian Amazon

Dias

Souza

Franco

et al. 2021

Rev. Bras. Geog. Fis.

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Temperature is the focus of many studies around the world due to several factors, such as population growth and land use and coverage changes, as these elements contribute to the increase/decrease of air temperature on the surface of a region. This study aimed to analyze the temperature trend in the metropolises of the Brazilian Amazon (Belém and Manaus), from 1978 to 2018, for the dry and rainy regimes, taking into account population growth and the change in land use and coverage of referred cities. For this purpose, monthly data of maximum, compensated and minimum temperature in a radius of 25 km from the coordinates of the meteorological stations of each city were used, extracted from the National Institute of Meteorology, usage data and coverage of the Annual Soil Coverage and Use Mapping Project in Brazil and population data of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The results showed a positive trend in the temperature of these regions studied, due to the increase in urban infrastructure and population growth, as well as a decrease in forest formation in the metropolises of the Brazilian Amazon.

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Urban Environment and the Air Temperature Trend: The Case of the Metropolis of Brazilian Amazon

Dias

Souza

Franco

et al. 2021

Rev. Bras. Geog. Fis.

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Soils and landscapes of Marajó island, Brazilian Amazonia: Holocene evolution, geoarchaeology and climatic vulnerability

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Empirical research on polycentric governance: Critical gaps and a framework for studying long‐term change

Baldwin,

Thiel,

McGinnis

et al. 2023

Policy Studies Journal

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Polycentric governance (PG) describes governance systems characterized by multiple, interdependent centers of decision‐making, offering an alternative to centralized governance models. PG is often assumed to be effective at helping policy actors address complex collective action problems, but burgeoning empirical literature on PG shows that it is not a panacea – PG is associated with both positive and negative governance outcomes. In this article, we ask: what do we know about why PG performs well in some cases but not in others? We start with a systematic review, synthesizing findings that provide empirical support for positive and negative features that are theorized to accompany PG. Our review reveals a critical gap in relation to our understanding of PG: the existing empirical literature largely fails to address change and evolution over time in PG systems, undermining our understanding of why PG works – or does not– across different contexts and over time. To fill this gap, we propose a “Context – Operations – Outcomes – Feedbacks” (COOF) framework that draws explicit attention to the interplay between context, operational arrangements, outcomes and identifies feedback pathways and adjustment mechanisms that drive dynamic change and evolution over time.

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Global climate adaptation governance in the Amazon through a polycentricity lens

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Cited by 3 publications

References 30 publications

Urban Environment and the Air Temperature Trend: The Case of the Metropolis of Brazilian Amazon

Urban Environment and the Air Temperature Trend: The Case of the Metropolis of Brazilian Amazon

Soils and landscapes of Marajó island, Brazilian Amazonia: Holocene evolution, geoarchaeology and climatic vulnerability

Empirical research on polycentric governance: Critical gaps and a framework for studying long‐term change

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