The IAD Framework and the SES Framework: An Introduction and Assessment of the Ostrom Workshop Frameworks

Schlager, Edella; Cox, Michael T.

doi:10.4324/9780429494284-7

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“…The social-ecological systems framework was introduced by Elinor Ostrom in addition to the institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework [20] with the aim to better address ecological variables within institutional analysis [12,[21][22][23]. The SES perspective assumes that different ecological systems require specific governance arrangements that are customized according to the ecological as well as the social system dynamics and that are sufficiently flexible in adapting to system changes.…”

Section: A Social-ecological Systems Framework Perspective On German mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These variables are designed to explore the dynamic interactions within an SES. Notwithstanding, not all second-and third-tier variables are relevant for each case; to apply the framework, a prioritization and selection of variables is necessary [23]. The selection among others depends on the research question [12].…”

Section: A Social-ecological Systems Framework Perspective On German mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Livestock Farming at the Expense of Water Resources? The Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Regions with Intensive Livestock Farming

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Möck

Bandelow

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Water

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Policymaking in the water–energy–food nexus is characterized by complex ecological, social, and economic interdependencies. Nexus research assumes these interactions to be overseen in the respective resource governance resulting in sectoral perspectives contributing to unsustainable outcomes. In Germany, the political priority given to the formation of an internationally competitive livestock sector by means of intensification, specialization and regional concentration has exerted sustained pressure on water and soil resources. The expansion of bioenergy plants promoted by the renewable energy act has exacerbated the situation. Despite the persistency of the ecological challenges, German policymakers only reacted when the European Commission referred Germany to the European Court of Justice. Current policy efforts to tackle the ecological problems are now provoking disruptions in the agrarian sector in regions with high nitrate concentrations in water resources. By combining the social-ecological systems framework with hypotheses derived from nexus research, we explore the interactions between food, water and energy systems and aim at understanding the unsustainable outcomes. We argue that the non-consideration of the complex interdependencies between the agricultural, the water and the energy system in policymaking and the divergence of policy goals constitute a major cause of unsustainable governance.

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Section: A Social-ecological Systems Framework Perspective On German mentioning

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Section: A Social-ecological Systems Framework Perspective On German mentioning

confidence: 99%

Livestock Farming at the Expense of Water Resources? The Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Regions with Intensive Livestock Farming

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Möck

Bandelow

et al. 2019

Water

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“…A Social-Ecological System (SES) is "an ecological system intricately linked with and affected by one or more social systems" (Anderies et al, 2004). The Social-Ecological Systems framework further elaborates Elinor Ostrom's Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework and the framework developed by Marty Anderies and colleagues (2004) Schlager and Cox, 2018). It was intended to specify the biophysical aspects of the IAD framework (see Schlager and Cox (2018) for a more detailed comparison of the two frameworks).…”

Section: Ses: Origins and Scopementioning

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“…The Social-Ecological Systems framework further elaborates Elinor Ostrom's Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework and the framework developed by Marty Anderies and colleagues (2004) Schlager and Cox, 2018). It was intended to specify the biophysical aspects of the IAD framework (see Schlager and Cox (2018) for a more detailed comparison of the two frameworks). The framework has been updated through a rearrangement of the list of relevant attributes of governance systems to make it applicable to broader policy settings (McGinnis and Ostrom, 2014).…”

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Explaining and Measuring Social-Ecological Pathways: The Case of Global Changes and Water Security

Bolognesi¹,

Gerlak²,

Giuliani³

2018

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The Social-Ecological Systems (SES) framework serves as a valuable framework to explore and understand social and ecological interactions, and pathways in water governance. Yet, it lacks a robust understanding of change. We argue an analytical and methodological approach to engaging global changes in SES is critical to strengthening the scope and relevance of the SES framework. Relying on SES and resilience thinking, we propose an institutional and cognitive model of change that institutions and natural resources systems co-evolve to provide a dynamic understanding of SES that stands on three causal mechanisms: institutional complexity trap, rigidity trap, and learning processes. We illustrate how Data Cube technology could overcome current limitations and offer reliable avenues to test hypothesis about the dynamics of social-ecological systems and water security by offering to combine spatial and time data with no major technical requirements for users.

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“…The approach integrates core concepts of the institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework. This framework offers a conceptual map to conduct institutional analysis, and, particularly, it has proved very useful in understanding a wide variety of the institutional arrangements that characterize CPR systems (Ostrom 2005, Schlager andCox 2018). We take as reference the IAD approach designed by Carter et al (2016) to reveal the structural logic of a given policy document, which consists of: (1) deconstructing the regulations into their basic statements, (2) organizing the statements according to their aim, (3) structuring the statements according to the activities that they are intended to influence, and (4) structuring the statements through authoritative relationships.…”

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Toward an Integrated History to Govern the Commons: Using the Archive to Enhance Local Knowledge

Vázquez¹

2020

Int J Commons

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Communities that have used common-pool resources (CPRs) for generations often preserve a valuable 'institutional memory'. It can be understood as a subset of local knowledge concerning strategies, norms, and rules used by the community to deal with CPR problems (e.g. overexploitation) in different time periods. Scholars have argued that institutional memory is useful in two aspects of CPR governance: as focal point to encourage users to sustain and to undertake collective action, and as support knowledge to design new policies. However, institutional memory is constrained by personal and social memories, and therefore it must be considered not as fully cumulative but subject to a steady process of adjustment according to experience. When communities have recorded their regulations in writing, e.g. in village bylaws, it is possible to undertake a learning process to recover and take advantage of their institutional memory. One way is to carry out participatory workshops to compare the historical and presentday bylaws of the community. However, the comparison of these sources is not an easy task, because, on the one hand, they constitute a large body of rules and, on the other, they have been designed using different epistemologies (e.g. concrete vs. abstract) and linguistic forms (e.g. early modern vs. contemporary grammars). In this paper we use an approach based on the institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework to compare the historical and presentday bylaws of a community located in Cantabria (Spain). The utility of the IAD framework is verified. It enables one not only to undertake a systematic comparison of the bylaws, but also to easily display the results in participatory workshops. The use of the archive as a source of local information to enhance users' knowledge is an uncommon procedure among CPR scholars and practitioners, and therefore we dedicate a specific section of the paper to discussing this utility.

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The IAD Framework and the SES Framework: An Introduction and Assessment of the Ostrom Workshop Frameworks

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Livestock Farming at the Expense of Water Resources? The Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Regions with Intensive Livestock Farming

Livestock Farming at the Expense of Water Resources? The Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Regions with Intensive Livestock Farming

Explaining and Measuring Social-Ecological Pathways: The Case of Global Changes and Water Security

Toward an Integrated History to Govern the Commons: Using the Archive to Enhance Local Knowledge

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