Local social knowledge management: Community actors, institutions and multilevel governance in regional foresight exercises

Gertler, Meric S.; Wolfe, David A.

doi:10.1016/s0016-3287(03)00139-3

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“…Of course, this broad agenda can be, and has been, approached from several angles (cf., Wood & Valler 2004). The increasing interest in institutions, and especially in soft institutions (Gertler & Wolfe 2004), directs our attention also towards self-reflexive individuals, or as Amin (2001Amin ( , 1240 puts it, towards 'the process of organizing/instituting as it unfolds, and on the influences and implications of such organizing/instituting', and therefore, by studying more deeply the roles that various individuals, and coalitions formed by them, have in institutionalisation, deinstitutionalisation and reinstitutionalisation processes might provide us with additional analytical leverage.…”

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Power and influence tactics in the promotion of regional development: An empirical analysis of the work of Finnish regional development officers

Sotarauta

2009

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Power and influence tactics in the promotion of regional development: An empirical analysis of the work of Finnish regional development officers

Sotarauta

2009

Geoforum

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“…The experiences documented here illustrate that approaching SESs as social-ecological networks and using NA in combination with participatory PSA can: (1) reveal social perceptions of the structure of the studied SESs, (2) help visualize the key variables and drivers of the SES, (3) structure arguments for system management and decision-making by identifying the variable(s) that might be most critical for changing the system, and (4) facilitate participatory analysis among stakeholders to integrate scientific and local knowledge. The PSA approach promoted a socially constructed learning process, as had been previously noted in the literature (e.g., Gertler and Wolfe 2004), in which local perceptions of the SESs were condensed into a semiquantitative, analyzable form for detecting patterns and relationships in the subjective information. This bottom-up model stimulated discussions among the stakeholders (as also reported by Gavigan and Scapolo 2001), leading to better knowledge of the system's dynamics and of the necessary actions for sustainable management (e.g., to attract the attention of policy makers to how their actions influence the SESs or to identify the internal variables that can act as regulatory and therefore promote changes).…”

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Local perceptions on social-ecological dynamics in Latin America in three community-based natural resource management systems

Delgado-Serrano¹,

Oteros‐Rozas²,

Vanwildemeersch³

et al. 2015

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ABSTRACT. Several examples of community-based natural resource management in Latin American social-ecological systems exist in which communities control the management of common-pool resources. Understanding community perceptions of the performance of these systems is essential to involve communities in sustainable management strategies. In this analysis of three areas in Colombia, Mexico, and Argentina, we analyzed the local perceptions of the social and environmental challenges faced by these social-ecological systems and how these challenges and drivers affect their resilience. To do this, we combined prospective structural analysis to unravel stakeholders' perceptions of each system's functioning along with network analysis to assess resilience. We identified external variables as the most influential variables in the Colombian and Argentine cases. In the Mexican case, larger influence is exerted by internal variables, particularly those linked to the governance system. The case study analysis revealed that the community-based natural resource management approach needs external support and recognition to work effectively. In the Argentine and Colombian cases, megaprojects were perceived as controllers with medium or strong influence but low dependence. The use of ancestral knowledge (Colombia), the history of land use (Mexico), and the history of the artisanal fishery (Argentina) were all perceived as common challenges to communitybased natural resource management. In terms of social-ecological resilience, framed within the three-dimensional model of the adaptive cycle, all three social-ecological systems were considered to be highly connected and resilient but with different degrees of capacity or cumulative potential.

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“…However, today's regional policy is mostly focused on improving regional competitiveness by emphasizing growth strategies of business sectors and their regional networks (see, for instance, regional foresight initiatives in Koschatzky 2005or Gertler & Wolfe 2004. In contrast, the RIF approach allows an opening up of the «black box» of material and institutional background generally taken for granted, an aspect which only becomes evident when the services are lacking or failing (Amin 2006).…”

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Strategic decision making in infrastructure sectors : participatory foresight and strategic planning for sustainable sanitation

Störmer

Truffer

2009

Geogr. Helv.

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Abstract. Infrastructure sectors in general, and urban water management in particular, have developed over the past couple of decades within the confines of a rather narrow and stable socio-technical regime. Nowadays, these infrastructures are increasingly confronted with uncertain context conditions, a broadened spectrum of technological alternatives and an increasing heterogeneity of value positions. As a consequence, the longterm sustainability of these sectors has been questioned by many commentators. Of particular importance is the way strategic decisions are made. Current approaches tend to block important opportunities for sustainable transformation. It is argued here that a more reflexive, discursive and participative approach to strategic planning is needed. The paper introduces «Regional Infrastructure Foresight» (RIF) as a method which combines foresight on regional framework conditions with a stakeholder assessment of a broad range of system options. The paper presents the methodology in some detail and discusses the main lessons learned through three empirical applications in the Swiss sanitation sector. Based on these experiences, it is argued that strategic decision making in infrastructures is of high relevance for regional policy and therefore warrants more attention in future research in economic and political geography.

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Local social knowledge management: Community actors, institutions and multilevel governance in regional foresight exercises

Cited by 126 publications

References 8 publications

Power and influence tactics in the promotion of regional development: An empirical analysis of the work of Finnish regional development officers

Power and influence tactics in the promotion of regional development: An empirical analysis of the work of Finnish regional development officers

Local perceptions on social-ecological dynamics in Latin America in three community-based natural resource management systems

Strategic decision making in infrastructure sectors : participatory foresight and strategic planning for sustainable sanitation

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