Institutional design propositions for the governance of adaptation to climate change in the water sector

Huntjens, Patrick; Lebel, Louis; Pahl‐Wostl, Claudia; Camkin, Jeff; Schulze, R. E.; Kranz, Nicole

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.09.015

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“…Institutionalisation failure : Over 40 years ago, Rittel and Webber ( 1973 ) invented the terms "wicked" and "tame" to frame situations of concern to them as planners and designers, and despite growing recognition of consistent public policy failure in the face of situations they called "wicked" (APSC 2007 ;Ison et al 2015a ), institutional arrangements have rarely been put in place to engage effectively with these types of situations. This is an example of persistent institutional failure and is part of the motivation for authors like Huntjens et al ( 2012 ) and Ison et al ( 2015a ) to propose institutional design propositions for operating in a climate change world. As depicted in Fig.…”

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“…(Ulrich and Reynolds 2010 ). Unlike Huntjens et al ( 2012 ) who refer to the need for boundary defi nition (as if systems pre-existed their formulation), we would argue for praxis that engages critically with boundary formulation and critique (see Chapter 12 in Ison 2010 ). 3.…”

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“…Refl exivity, as praxis, is what is needed to purposefully move between single-, double-and triple-loop learning (e.g. Huntjens et al 2012 ) -to make these terms more than category descriptions. As Schneider and Ingram ( n.d. ) argue, the role of policy analysts has not evolved to fi t a new model of collaborative governance, instead remaining narrowly focused on "production of models, forecasts, causal analysis and experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation studies".…”

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Mechanisms for Inclusive Governance

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2016

Global Issues in Water Policy

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How mechanisms for inclusive governance are understood is built on the framing choices that are made about governance and that which is being governed. This chapter unpacks how governance can be understood and considers different historical and contemporary framings of water governance. A framing of "governance as praxis" is developed as a central element in the chapter. What makes governance inclusive is explored, drawing on theoretical, practical and institutional aspects before elucidating some of the different mechanisms currently used or proposed for creating inclusive water governance (though we argue against praxis based on simple mechanism). Finally, the factors that either constrain or enable inclusive water governance are explored with a focus on systemic concepts of learning and feedback. Keywords Water governance • Participation • Institutional arrangements • Social learning • Adaptive management • Framing Scene SettingWe were invited to address the topic of "mechanisms for inclusive governance". In many ways this is a loaded title as it comprises three terms that cannot be taken for granted: "governance", "inclusive" and "mechanism". For us the pivotal term is governance which, as a contested concept, requires an appreciation of how it might be framed and the possible implications of a given framing choice. Expressed in this way, it is also necessary that we say what we mean by "framing" and "framing choice". In turn, our title leaves open, and thus potentially ambiguous, the question of what is being governed -a river, a catchment, a complex adaptive system, etc.

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“…Some authors term them 'evaluative criteria' (Ostrom 2011) or even 'elements' of adaptive institutions (Mollenkamp and Kastens 2009). The discussion in some cases is generic and applies to institutions in general Gunderson and Holling 2002;Olsson et al 2006) and in other cases to specific institutions such as water governance (Mollenkamp and Kastens 2009;Huntjens et al 2012). The ACW (published in Gupta et al 2016;Klostermann et al 2010;Fidelman et al 2016) was chosen for its comprehensiveness in combining these literatures ) and the fact that it has been developed and tested (see 2.2).…”

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The adaptive capacity of institutions in Canada, Argentina, and Chile to droughts and floods

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Gupta

2016

Reg Environ Change

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The increasing evidence of global warming calls on all states to enhance their adaptive capacity to deal with climate change. This paper compares the adaptive capacity of two Canadian provinces, the province of Mendoza, Argentina and the administrative region of Coquimbo, Chile in relation to the vulnerability of farmers to droughts and floods by applying the adaptive capacity wheel (ACW). It concludes that Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada are particularly weak in terms of double-and triple-loop learning and in developing adaptive capacity in an equitable manner, probably attributable to strong climate scepticism in society and the weak economy. In the developing countries of Chile and Argentina, resources to assist with adaptation are often lacking; in Coquimbo, future learning is precarious because of information deficits in relation to data, memory, trust, and responsiveness; in Mendoza, institutions lack variety (redundancy of programs), resources, and governance processes are inadequately responsive. The paper makes contributions at the regional level by recommending that specific institutional weaknesses and lack of responsiveness be remedied by adopting appropriate missing instruments (perhaps, for example, water transfer provisions in Mendoza). New findings are made in relation to the dimensions of fair governance and learning capacity in the ACW. While learning capacity was closely linked to the dimension of leadership, the deficit of equity was closely linked to other indicators of fair governance (legitimacy, responsiveness, and accountability).

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“…Common SL components referred to in the CCA literature are: education and knowledge creation, social capital building, and active design and facilitation (Bos et al, 2013;Shaw & Kristjanson., 2014;Pelling et al, 2008). Common components referred to in the general literature on AC are: human, social, financial, political, and institutional capital building (Armitage et al, 2011;Carien De Villiers et al, 2014;Huntjens et al, 2012). Papers that considered SL as one among other factors, while seeing AC as an overarching theme, were classified as ACfocused.…”

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Developing adaptive capacity in times of climate change in central rural Vietnam: exploring smallholders’ learning and governance

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Institutional design propositions for the governance of adaptation to climate change in the water sector

Cited by 255 publications

References 42 publications

Mechanisms for Inclusive Governance

Mechanisms for Inclusive Governance

The adaptive capacity of institutions in Canada, Argentina, and Chile to droughts and floods

Developing adaptive capacity in times of climate change in central rural Vietnam: exploring smallholders’ learning and governance

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