Abstract
Drawing on the three earlier analytical steps, presented in Chaps. 10 and 11, this chapter explicates the process of developing more nuanced indicators of adaptive capacity from the original determinants presented in Part I. Thus, drawing on the original determinants discussed in Part I, together with both outcome assessments and the emergent themes in the bridges and barriers analysis, the indicator section that follows will elucidate how the regime, knowledge and network based indicators could provide a framework to address the emergent issues from this set of analysis. The indicators and their operationalised criteria are presented, and contextual sensitivities across the cases are discussed. Finally commonalities and linkages across the different indicators are explicated.
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For comparison the Stern Report used 2%, while Nordhaus used 3% (OECD 1997).
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E.g. The canton the groundwater monitoring in the Rhône Valley (Monitoring der Grudnwasservorkommen), but not the monitoring of the springs (Quellen), for which the communes are responsible.
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MOU between the different partners to create a new form of collaboration rather than another federal department.
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http://www.news.admin.ch/message/index.html?lang=de&msg-id=41748 (aftermath of 2011 flooding event); http://www.parlament.ch/d/suche/seiten/geschaefte.aspx?gesch_id=20083752 (Parliamentary discussions for financial period 2008–2011).
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Refer to the comments from an engineer in the TRC: ‘It is difficult because they are defending their interests, but my feeling is that they are not really entering into the dialogue, nor are working towards a compromise. We have proposed compensations to these people, but they don’t really want to talk, they just stay defending their alternative proposed solution. The process of trying to reconcile these two different views in the participative process of the TRC takes up a significant amount of time. We are working at the communal level as well to help the process along.’
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http://www.newater.info/index.php?pid=1056 – define policy entrepreneurs as (1) they anticipate windows of opportunity by developing and testing attractive policy alternatives and demonstrating their feasibility; (2) they employ strategies of venue manipulation, venue shopping and/or create new venues to be able to insert new ideas, which have been developed in shadow networks, into formal decision making forums, and (3) they use narratives or other discursive strategies to frame an issue strategically, and by that to attract supporters and justify change.
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Hill, M. (2013). Operationalising Adaptive Capacity. In: Climate Change and Water Governance. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 54. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5796-7_12
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