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Territorial rescaling and polycentric governance in Albania

open access: yesEuropean Spatial Research and Policy, 2021
Territories as relational geographical constructs are in constant formation and reformation, or rescaling, which results in spatial typologies of complex governance.
Dritan Shutina, Rudina Toto
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Moving Beyond Co-Management: Opportunities and Limitations for Enabling Transitions to Polycentric Governance in Chile’s Territorial User Rights in Fisheries Policy

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons, 2020
This paper contributes insights to discussions of adaptive governance in marine socio-ecological systems by elucidating the conditions which limit or enable the transition from co-management to polycentric governance at the local scale.
Sarah A. Ebel
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Polycentric Governance

open access: yes, 2023
Polycentric governance represents a significant strand in environmental social science research. Polycentric systems are those in which authority is dispersed to separately constituted bodies with overlapping jurisdictions that do not stand in a hierarchical relationship to each other. Over the course of six decades, polycentric thinking has emerged as
Jordan, Andrew, Huitema, Dave
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Water Management on the Island of IJsselmonde 1000 to 1953: Polycentric Governance, Adaptation, and Petrification

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2012
One of the central tenets of adaptive management is polycentric governance. Yet, despite the popularity of the concept, few detailed case studies of polycentric governance systems exist. In this paper, we aim to partly fill this gap.
Erik Mostert
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Spatial Distribution and Polycentric Governance of Recreational Fishery Resources in the United States: A Case Study of Florida

open access: yesRedai dili, 2021
Recreational fishery is one of the most popular outdoor activities in the United States. During its development, it has created huge economic and social benefits for the United States and formed a governance mechanism with polycentric participation ...
Wang Juan, Wang Kexin, Yang Chen
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Conflict between nature reserves and surrounding communities in China: An empirical study based on a social and ecological system framework

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2020
The conflicts between nature reserves and surrounding communities are attracting growing attention. These conflicts, through complexities of resource, socio-economic, and governance conditions, are produced through interactive processes. We report a case
Yaxin Zhang   +5 more
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Degrees of change toward polycentric transboundary water governance: exploring the Columbia River and the Lesotho Highlands Water Project

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2019
Complex challenges emerging in transboundary river basins reveal a need to include a range of interests and actors in governance processes. Polycentric governance is one framework that can address this need and inform adaptive and resilient governance ...
William Jesse Baltutis   +1 more
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Who's in charge here anyway? Polycentric governance configurations and the development of policy on invasive alien species in the semisovereign Caribbean

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2017
We address the development of policy by polycentric governance configurations, taking Caribbean overseas territories and their advancements on invasive alien species (IAS) policy as an example.
Jetske Vaas   +4 more
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Polycentric Governing and Polycentric Governance

open access: yes, 2023
Abstract Existing literature has tended to define polycentric governance in the sense developed by the Bloomington School of Political Economy. In contrast, this chapter promotes polycentricity as a lens for analysing governance from an institutionalist perspective. Such an approach can be applied locally (e.g. to metropolitan, water,
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What motivates urban climate leaders? A study of urban climate governance in eight Swedish municipalities

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2023
This paper explores the motivations behind urban climate governance in eight Swedish municipalities. The study demonstrates that political consensus among, and willingness of, urban political leaders is of importance for motivating climate actions ...
Daniel Lindvall
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