Name: Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance
ISBN: 978-3-642-12194-4

Editors:

Derek Armitage⁰,
Ryan Plummer¹

Derek Armitage
1. Dept. Geography &, Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada
View editor publications

You can also search for this editor in PubMed Google Scholar
Ryan Plummer
1. Dept. Tourism & Environment, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada
View editor publications

You can also search for this editor in PubMed Google Scholar

A consolidated, interdisciplinary approach to environmental governance
Highlights theoretical advances and practical implications
Written by internationally recognized experts in the field
For researchers, policy makers and resource managers
All chapters were peer-reviewed.
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series on Environmental Management (SSEM)

27k Accesses
170 Citations
10 Altmetric

eBook EUR 117.69

Price includes VAT (Finland)

Softcover Book EUR 164.99

Price includes VAT (Finland)

Hardcover Book EUR 164.99

Price includes VAT (Finland)

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

Table of contents (14 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-x

PDF
Adaptive Capacity in Theory and Practice
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 22-22
  
  PDF
Integrating Perspectives on Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance
1. Integrating Perspectives on Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance
  
  Ryan Plummer, Derek Armitage
  
  Pages 1-19
Adaptive Capacity in Theory and Practice
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 22-22
  
  PDF
2. Adaptive Capacity in Theory and Reality: Implications for Governance in the Great Barrier Reef Region
  
  Erin Bohensky, Samantha Stone-Jovicich, Silva Larson, Nadine Marshall
  
  Pages 23-41
3. Building Adaptive Capacity in Systems Beyond the Threshold: The Story of Macubeni, South Africa
  
  Christo Fabricius, Georgina Cundill
  
  Pages 43-68
4. Learning and Adaptation: The Role of Fisheries Comanagement in Building Resilient Social–Ecological Systems
  
  Daniela C. Kalikoski, Edward H. Allison
  
  Pages 69-88
5. Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation in Swedish Multi-Use Boreal Forests: Sites of Interaction Between Different Land Uses
  
  E. Carina H. Keskitalo
  
  Pages 89-106
6. From the Inside Out: A Multi-scale Analysis of Adaptive Capacity in a Northern Community and the Governance Implications
  
  Sonia Wesche, Derek R. Armitage
  
  Pages 107-132
7. Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity in Arctic Communities
  
  Robin Sydneysmith, Mark Andrachuk, Barry Smit, Grete K. Hovelsrud
  
  Pages 133-156
8. Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity, and Governance for Drinking Water in Canada
  
  Rob de Loë, Ryan Plummer
  
  Pages 157-178
9. Institutional Fit and Interplay in a Dryland Agricultural Social–Ecological System in Alberta, Canada
  
  Johanna Wandel, Gregory P. Marchildon
  
  Pages 179-195
Frontiers in Adaptive Capacity
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 198-198
  
  PDF
2. The Learning Dimension of Adaptive Capacity: Untangling the Multi-level Connections
  
  Alan Diduck
  
  Pages 199-221
3. Adaptive Capacity as a Dynamic Institutional Process: Conceptual Perspectives and Their Application
  
  Ralph Matthews, Robin Sydneysmith
  
  Pages 223-242
4. Sociobiology and Adaptive Capacity: Evolving Adaptive Strategies to Build Environmental Governance
  
  David A. Fennell, Ryan Plummer
  
  Pages 243-261
5. Building Transformative Capacity for Ecosystem Stewardship in Social–Ecological Systems
  
  Per Olsson, Örjan Bodin, Carl Folke
  
  Pages 263-285
6. Adapting and Transforming: Governance for Navigating Change
  
  Derek Armitage, Ryan Plummer
  
  Pages 287-302
Back Matter

Pages 303-307

PDF

About this book

Rapid environmental change calls for individuals and societies with an ability to transform our interactions with each other and the ecosystems upon which we depend. Adaptive capacity - the ability of a social-ecological system (or the components of that system) to be robust to disturbances and capable of responding to changes - is increasingly recognized as a critical attribute of multi-level environmental governance. This unique volume offers the first interdisciplinary and integrative perspective on an emerging area of applied scholarship, with contributions from internationally recognized researchers and practitioners. It demonstrates how adaptive capacity makes environmental governance possible in complex social-ecological systems. Cutting-edge theoretical developments are explored and empirical case studies offered from a wide range of geographic settings and natural resource contexts, such as water, climate, fisheries and forestry. • Of interest to researchers, policymakers and resource managers seeking to navigate and understand social-ecological change in diverse geographic settings and resource contexts

Keywords

adaptation
adaptive capacity
climate change
ecosystem
environment
environmental change
environmental governance
social-ecological systems
transformation
landscape/regional and urban planning

Editors and Affiliations

Dept. Geography &, Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

Derek Armitage
Dept. Tourism & Environment, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada

Ryan Plummer

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance
Editors: Derek Armitage, Ryan Plummer
Series Title: Springer Series on Environmental Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12194-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-12193-7Published: 27 June 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26392-7Published: 05 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-12194-4Published: 08 July 2014
Series ISSN: 0172-6161
Series E-ISSN: 2512-5559
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 307
Topics: Environmental Management, Environmental Sciences, Earth System Sciences, Ecology, Human Geography

Editors:

Sections

Buying options

Table of contents (14 chapters)

Front Matter

Adaptive Capacity in Theory and Practice

Front Matter

Integrating Perspectives on Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

Adaptive Capacity in Theory and Practice

Front Matter

Frontiers in Adaptive Capacity

Front Matter

Back Matter

About this book

Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

Dept. Geography &, Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

Dept. Tourism & Environment, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada

Bibliographic Information

Buying options

Search

Navigation