Collaborative governance and adaptive management: Lessons from California's CALFED Water Program

Kallis, Giorgos; Kiparsky, Michael; Norgaard, Richard B.

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2009.07.002

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“…We do not have data on the value systems of the stakeholders involved, but the observed general mismatch between power and interest with regard to the low-carbon vision indicates a discordance between them about the issue, with no obvious path towards or expectation of alignment in future. For now, the dominant value system in the UK is towards business as usual, with ecological modernisation seen as the solution to sustainability issues, even though, as noted by Kallis (2009) and While (2004), more radical approaches are likely to be needed to achieve the change that science says is required. The discord between those supporting business as usual and those asking for radical change remains in place for now.…”

Section: Behavioural Complexity: Discordant Reference Systemsmentioning

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“…An evaluation of collaborative governance for managing water resources in California found that the process needs to involve a mixture of institutions that can 'provide sufficient responsibility, accountability and democratic legitimacy, without choking off the self-organizing interaction, shared learning, and communication' (Kallis et al 2009). The study identified an incompatibility between further growth in the region and environmental conservation, with win-win solutions unlikely to be sufficient to deal with these competing demands and more radical changes necessary but unlikely due to the political situation.…”

Section: Collaborative Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Collaborative Governance" (a hybrid of collaborative governance and deliberative democracy) as a process that can allow communities to achieve more resilience and sustainability through 'shared ' (Kallis et al 2009). The study identified an incompatibility between further growth in the region and environmental conservation, with win-win solutions unlikely to be sufficient to deal with these competing demands and more radical changes necessary but unlikely due to the political situation.…”

Section: Collaborative Governance 'Brings Public and Private Stakeholmentioning

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Climate change and cities: problem structuring methods and critical perspectives on low-carbon districts

Freeman¹,

Yearworth²

2017

Energy Research & Social Science

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Cities around the world have set climate change mitigation targets, yet actions to implement these targets have so far proved inadequate. Better methodology is needed to support this impetus for action.Problem structuring methods (PSMs) enable improvements to be made in wicked problem situations; they appear to have potential to improve climate change mitigation actions but they are difficult to carry out in highly pluralist problem contexts. A case study (STEEP) that applied a PSM to support lowcarbon urban energy master planning in three cities is presented. The STEEP methodology was effective in reducing the wickedness of the problem but issues of a lack of clarity on problem ownership and lack of interessement were seen. A reflective boundary critique study found that there was a mismatch between power and interest amongst key stakeholders towards the low-carbon vision. Three key issues identified in the case study were discussed through the lens of critical systems thinking: (i) the need for new competencies, (ii) dealing with wickedness, and (iii) behavioural complexity and discordant reference systems. The paper suggests how these issues might be improved through the application of non-PSM theories which can support the use of PSMs in improving city-level climate change mitigation.Key Words: Problem structuring methods; problematisation; Boundary Critique; climate change mitigation; critical systems thinking IntroductionRecent decades have seen slow and insufficient progress on climate change mitigation -the reduction of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions to below a "safe" level, as recommended by climate science (Edenhofer et al. 2014). Climate change mitigation has been described as a "wicked" problem (Rittel 2There is much potential for cities to play an active role in climate change mitigation. A 40% reduction in carbon emissions from UK cities could be possible by 2020 just from investing in cost-effective lowcarbon technologies (Sullivan et al. 2013). City governments often control some of the key factors related to carbon emissions such as land use planning, building regulations, public transport, and waste management (Kousky & Schneider 2003). Across the world, cities are joining together to support each other in the goal of transitioning to a low-carbon future (for example, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (www.c40.org) and Local Governments for Sustainability (www.iclei.org)). In reality, however, low-carbon cities are difficult to achieve. A study of eight new-build eco-cities found that the idea of building smart, sustainable cities is still relatively new and unproven, with projects being To guide the reader through the rest of this paper, a brief description of the main sections follows:• Section 2, Background -Perspectives on Urban Climate Change Mitigation: A review of the literature on the nature of the problem of climate change mitigation at the city level, including barriers to mitigation, ideological perspectives from social science, and governance mechanisms that ha...

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Climate change and cities: problem structuring methods and critical perspectives on low-carbon districts

Freeman¹,

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2017

Energy Research & Social Science

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“…ACM has been applied in several resource and environmental management contexts (e.g., Plummer 2006, Cundill and Fabricius 2009, Kallis et al 2009). The prospects of ACM as a process for climate change adaptation are being considered (Locatelli et al 2008, May and as a way to operationalize adaptive governance and address the complexities and uncertainties associated with social-ecological systems.…”

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Priming the Governance System for Climate Change Adaptation: The Application of a Social-Ecological Inventory to Engage Actors in Niagara, Canada

Baird¹,

Plummer²,

Pickering³

2014

E&S

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“…The theoretical underpinnings of novel ecosystems stem from the ecosystem approach and sustainability science, and bridge differing disciplines such as ecological design and restoration combined with collaborative governance in the landscape (Biermann 2007;Curtin 2014;Folke et al 2005;Kallis et al 2009;Norgaard et al 2009;Olsson et al 2004;Sinclair et al 2008). …”

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Novel ecosystems and social-ecological resilience

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2015

Landscape Ecol

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Collaborative governance and adaptive management: Lessons from California's CALFED Water Program

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Climate change and cities: problem structuring methods and critical perspectives on low-carbon districts

Climate change and cities: problem structuring methods and critical perspectives on low-carbon districts

Priming the Governance System for Climate Change Adaptation: The Application of a Social-Ecological Inventory to Engage Actors in Niagara, Canada

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