Analyzing complex water governance regimes: the Management and Transition Framework

作者：Pahl Wostl Claudia^*; Holtz Georg; Kastens Britta; Knieper Christian

来源：Environmental Science & Policy, 2010, 13(7): 571-581.

DOI：10.1016/j.envsci.2010.08.006

• Adaptive water management
• Water governance regime
• Comparative analysis
• Adaptive capacity
• Regime transition

This paper presents the Management and Transition Framework (MTF) an interdisciplinary conceptual and methodological framework supporting the analysis of water systems management processes and multi level governance regimes It serves to improve the scientific understanding of system properties and to give practical guidance for the implementation of transition processes towards more adaptive systems Doing so requires a systemic perspective to embrace complexity and the wealth of interactions characterizing resource governance regimes The MTF supports and provides guidance for an interdisciplinary approach in the social sciences and across the social-natural science interface
The framework integrates a range of concepts to develop a more coherent understanding of the complexity of water management regimes Specific emphasis is given to adaptive capacity and learning processes However the MTF is not linked to one specific theory but provides a language that can be tailored to specific research questions and different theoretical approaches The structured yet flexible approach is a condition for developing shared databases that allow comparative analyses over a wider range of case studies Th

• 出版日期2010-11