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Network structure and adaptive capacity in watershed governance

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  • Wendy A. Kellogg
  • Aritree Samanta

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What supports the adaptive capacity of watershed governance? Using document review, interviews, and network diagrams, we analyze how structural attributes of a governance network emerged and co-evolved with changes in biophysical conditions in a case study of a small watershed in northeast Ohio. Results indicate that the network governance structure that emerged evolved to become a hybrid of two different structural forms that diversified stakeholder engagement, generated social capital, improved social learning, and stimulated change in management practices, all of which have enhanced adaptive capacity. A significant challenge to adaptive capacity arises, however, as network governance has come to rely significantly on a centralized organization to broker relationships for information and other resources.

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  • Wendy A. Kellogg & Aritree Samanta, 2018. "Network structure and adaptive capacity in watershed governance," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 61(1), pages 25-48, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:61:y:2018:i:1:p:25-48
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2017.1287063
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    1. Jenke, Michael & Pretzsch, Jürgen, 2021. "Network administrators facilitate information sharing among communal forest organizations in Thailand," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 126(C).
    2. Blackstock, K.L. & Novo, P. & Byg, A. & Creaney, R. & Juarez Bourke, A. & Maxwell, J.L. & Tindale, S.J. & Waylen, K.A., 2021. "Policy instruments for environmental public goods: Interdependencies and hybridity," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).

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