Resilience design: toward a synthesis of cognition, learning, and collaboration for adaptive problem solving in conservation and natural resource stewardship

Curtin, Charles G.

doi:10.5751/es-06247-190215

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“…One solution might be to use a social-ecological inventory to identify relevant actors (Baird et al 2014b). Considering both the social and ecological aspects of a system and interacting with stakeholders in a systematic way can help to establish a basis for stakeholders' participation in governance activities and to lay a foundation for further learning and participation (Edmunds and Wollenberg 2001, Baird et al 2014b, Curtin 2014, Baird et al 2016. https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol22/iss2/art14/ The value of working together before convening a collaborative process is highlighted in the results from the Waitangi catchment survey.…”

Section: Discussion Of Variables Influencing the Success Of Collaboramentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Resilience scholars have also proposed characteristics of successful collaboration (Berkes 2009, Armitage et al 2011, Curtin 2014. The characteristics of resilient systems, i.e., selforganizing, buffered, and adaptable, can be applied to collaborations (Folke 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Social learning is also an important criterion used to evaluate success. Collaborative processes, for example, enhance transformative (double loop) learning, which can help with finding enduring solutions to complex environmental issues (Ansell and Gash 2008, Leach et al 2013, Curtin 2014, Fischer et al 2014). …”

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Factors influencing successful collaboration for freshwater management in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Cradock-Henry¹,

Greenhalgh²,

Brown³

et al. 2017

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ABSTRACT. Public participation in freshwater management has been widely advocated as an effective way to resolve the tensions between contested values and objectives while maintaining ecological integrity. However, questions remain regarding which processes and factors contribute to successful processes and outcomes for freshwater. Using a comparative case-study methodology, we unravel the "noise of participation" to assess the factors that influence the success of participatory decision making in collaborative processes currently underway in Hawke's Bay and Northland, Aotearoa, New Zealand. In Hawke's Bay, participants have been periodically surveyed to solicit their perceptions of how the process is working and the likelihood of achieving desirable outcomes. In Northland, five identical processes are currently underway, one per catchment, providing the basis for an intraregional assessment of collaboration. Our results suggest that participants' perceptions change within the process, and that those changes may involve complex, dynamic, and reciprocal interactions within the collaborative group. Results also show the strong influence of external conditions. The choice of stakeholder participants is also critical to ensuring the viability of collaboration. Key factors include participants' previous interactions and relationships, which may help to prime them for collaboration. These factors are dynamic and evolve through different cycles. Although both collaborative processes are still underway, these insights may help focus greater attention to process design and stakeholder selection from the outset to ensure successful outcomes. Ultimately, a successful collaborative process is one that is able to incorporate feedback and adapt to changing the dynamic and often complex external environment.

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Section: Discussion Of Variables Influencing the Success Of Collaboramentioning

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Factors influencing successful collaboration for freshwater management in Aotearoa, New Zealand

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Greenhalgh²,

Brown³

et al. 2017

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“…The theoretical underpinnings of novel ecosystems stem from the ecosystem approach and sustainability science, and bridge differing disciplines such as ecological design and restoration combined with collaborative governance in the landscape (Biermann 2007;Curtin 2014;Folke et al 2005;Kallis et al 2009;Norgaard et al 2009;Olsson et al 2004;Sinclair et al 2008). …”

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Novel ecosystems and social-ecological resilience

Collier

2015

Landscape Ecol

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“…for everyday real-world problems [4][5][6][7][8]. One may not only think of initiatives such as food cooperatives, urban gardening, energy collectives, or crowdfunding initiatives but also of partnerships between governments and non-state actors for the purpose of joint policy-and decision-making.…”

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Collaboration: Long-Term Partnerships for Local Development

Schauppenlehner-Kloyber¹

2017

Management of Cities and Regions

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Collaboration, as a process of social learning, facilitates the integration of different perspectives, forms of knowledge, and approaches to encounter multifaceted issues, such as climate change, energy transition, globalization, etc. Thus, political decisionmakers increasingly involve a broad variety of actors in order to improve the efficacy and legitimacy of solutions. Also, for local development, the participation of citizens in processes of decision-making or planning has widely turned into common practice, but often does not reach beyond brief "on-off" involvement of citizens into government controlled activities. As the ability of local actors to interact and collaborate in a continuing social learning process is seen as a prerequisite for sustainability and resilience, obtaining knowledge on how governments and citizens may collaborate and work together successfully in the long run is of high relevance. This chapter follows the question on how to develop flexible, but reliable, local collaboration structures. Therefore, it moves beyond Sherry Arnstein's theory of participation, and introduces Elinor Ostrom's design principles for the management of the commons as valuable reference points. It concludes that acknowledging time-consuming group processes, the joint development of common goals, structures, and collaboration rules as well as flexibility and openness towards adaptive processes are prerequisites for long-term oriented collaboration.

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Resilience design: toward a synthesis of cognition, learning, and collaboration for adaptive problem solving in conservation and natural resource stewardship

Cited by 27 publications

References 24 publications

Factors influencing successful collaboration for freshwater management in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Factors influencing successful collaboration for freshwater management in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Novel ecosystems and social-ecological resilience

Collaboration: Long-Term Partnerships for Local Development

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