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  • Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado  (1)
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    Embracing watershed politics (2008)
    Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado | Berlin : Knowledge Unlatched
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    ISBN: 0870819755 , 9781607327097 , 9780870819759
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (248 pages) , illustrations, charts, figures, tables
    Edition: Also issued in print and PDF version
    Parallel Title: Print version Embracing Watershed Politics
    Keywords: Watershed management Political aspects ; Integrated water development ; USA ; Gewässerschutz ; Wasserwirtschaft
    Abstract: In Embracing Watershed Politics, political scientists Edella Schlager and William Blomquist provide timely illustrations and thought-provoking explanations of why political considerations are essential, unavoidable, and in some ways even desirable elements of decision making about water and watersheds. With decades of combined study of water management in the United States, they focus on the many contending interests and communities found in America's watersheds, the fundamental dimensions of decision making, and the impacts of science, complexity, and uncertainty on watershed management
    Abstract: Complex landscapes: watersheds and institutions -- Watersheds, politics, and institutions: past and present assessments -- The essentials of watershed politics: boundaries, decision making, and accountability -- Imaginary watersheds and political realities -- Multiple goals, communities, and organizations: a watershed political economy -- Federalism and watershed governance -- A rational embrace?
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes , Also issued in print and PDF version. , In English
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    Governing Complexity : Analyzing and Applying Polycentricity (2019)
    New York : Cambridge University Press
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    ISBN: 9781108352000
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (316 pages)
    Series Statement: Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This book explains why governance is polycentric and what that means in practice, using examples of complex natural resource management.
    Abstract: Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Present Time and Motivation for This Book -- Statement of Purpose -- Selective Review of Recent Work Referring to Polycentric Governance -- Natural Resources - Especially Water - As a Setting for Analysing Polycentric Governance -- Preview -- Part I Foundations for Understanding and Researching Polycentric Governance -- Overview -- 1 An Introduction to Polycentricity and Governance -- 1.1 Polycentricity in Science, Local Politics, and Governance -- 1.1.1 Expanded Understanding of Governance -- 1.1.2 Polycentric Systems and Arrangements -- 1.1.3 Monocentric and Unitary Governments -- 1.1.4 Governance and Collective Goods -- 1.1.5 Review of Concepts -- 1.2 Identifying the Characteristics of Polycentric Governance -- 1.2.1 Central Aspects -- 1.2.2 Common Aspects -- 1.2.3 Dimensions of Polycentric Order -- 1.2.4 Polycentric Governance Systems -- 1.3 Dimensions of Polycentric Governance -- 2 Seeing Polycentrically: Examining Governance Situations Using a Polycentricity Lens -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Questions about the Centres Themselves -- 2.3 Questions about the Social Problem Characteristics -- 2.4 Questions about Independence and Interdependence among Centres -- 2.5 Questions about Coordination -- 2.6 Questions about Emergence, Transition, and Decline -- 2.7 Questions about Effects -- 2.8 Conclusion -- 3 Foundational Aspects of Polycentric Governance: Overarching Rules, Social-Problem Characteristics, and Heterogeneity -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Polycentric Governance as Dependent and Independent Variables and Its Internal Dynamics -- 3.3 The Overarching Rules of Polycentric Governance -- 3.3.1 General and Domain-Specific Rules.
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    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5968344
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