Network structure and adaptive capacity in watershed governance
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-21-2017
Publication Title
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Abstract
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.
Repository Citation
Kellogg, Wendy A. and Samanta, Aritree, "Network structure and adaptive capacity in watershed governance" (2017). All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications. 0 1 2 3 1470.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/urban_facpub/1470
DOI
10.1080/09640568.2017.1287063
