Water governance in the face of global change : from understanding to transformation /: from understanding to transformation. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Claudia Pahl-Wostl.
• Authors: Pahl-Wostl, Claudia
• Contents: Preface; Contents; 1 The Challenge of Water Governance; References; 2 Water Policy -- From Panaceas Towards Embracing Complexity; 2.1 Major Trends in Water Policy Over Last Few Decades; 2.2 Evolution of the European Union's Water Policy; 2.3 Neither Privatization nor Community Governance Can Meet the Water Governance Challenge; 2.4 Environmental Governance -- Shifting Away from Panaceas and Towards the Mastering of Complexity; 2.5 The Challenges Ahead; References; 3 Conceptual and Analytical Framework; 3.1 Clarification of Guiding Assumptions and Terminology; 3.1.1 Some Definitions. 3.2 Finding General Patterns3.2.1 Causality and Dynamics in Complex Governance Systems; 3.2.2 Requirements for a Diagnostic Approach; 3.3 Conceptualizing Governance Systems; 3.3.1 Institutions -- Formal and Informal; 3.3.2 Role of Actor Groups -- State, Non-state Actors; 3.3.3 Governance Modes -- Bureaucratic Hierarchies, Markets, Networks; 3.3.4 Multi-level Interactions; 3.3.5 Processes of Social and Societal Learning; 3.4 Conceptualizing and Operationalising Multi-level Governance Processes; 3.4.1 Building Blocks of Social Interactions; 3.4.2 Representing Multi-level Policy Trajectories. 3.4.3 Functional Analysis of Governance Systems3.5 Concluding Remarks; References; 4 The Role of Institutions, Actors and Social Networks in Societal Change; 4.1 Determinants of Institutional Change; 4.1.1 Institutional Change in Governing the Commons -- Rational Choice Approach; 4.1.2 A Broader Understanding of Institutional Change; 4.1.3 Patterns of Institutional Change in Political Contexts; 4.1.4 Institutional Change as Multi-loop and Multi-level Learning; 4.2 Actors as Agents of Change; 4.2.1 Theories and Models of the Behaviour of Individuals and Collectives. 4.2.2 Endogenous Innovation as One Driver of Transformative Change4.2.3 Processes of Social Learning; 4.2.4 The Importance of Actor Networks on Social Learning; 4.3 Representation of Actors and Institutions in the MTF; 4.3.1 Role of Actors in Social Interactions; 4.3.2 Zooming in Social Learning Processes; 4.4 Conclusions; References; 5 Governance Modes; 5.1 Governance Modes -- Conceptualizations; 5.2 Ideal Types -- Hierarchies, Markets, Networks; 5.2.1 Potential Conflicts Between Governance Styles; 5.3 Governance Modes -- Hybrid Forms and Meta-Governance: Potential and Limitations. 5.4 Concluding CommentsReferences; 6 Multi-level and Cross-Scale Governance; 6.1 The Spatial Dimension of Water Governance; 6.1.1 Evolution from Local to Global Water Governance; 6.1.2 Characterization of Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Water Resource Problems; 6.1.3 Social Construction of Scale in Water Resource Problems; 6.2 Conceptualization of Multi-level Water Governance; 6.2.1 Multi-level Bureaucracies; 6.2.2 Polycentric Governance; 6.3 The Nature of Linkages Across Administrative Levels; 6.3.1 OECD Studies on Challenges in Multi-level Water Governance.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 287 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 363.6/1; Environment; Water-supply -- Government policy; Water-supply -- Law and legislation; Water-supply -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Water-supply -- Government policy; Water-supply -- Law and legislation; Water-supply -- Management; Environment; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management; Political Science; Sustainable Development; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Geography, general; Science -- Environmental Science; Political Science -- General; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Environmental management; Political science & theory; Sustainability; The environment; Geography; Environmental law; Political science; Sustainable development; Geography; Law -- Environmental; Environment law; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319218557; 3319218557; 3319218549; 9783319218540
• Related ISBNs: 9783319218540
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 11, 2015).
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