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Title

Adaptive collaborative approaches in natural resource governance : rethinking participation, learning and innovation / edited by Hemant R. Ojha, Andy Hall and Rasheed Sulaiman V.

Publication

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Rasheed Sulaiman V.
• Ojha, Hemant R.
• Hall, Andy

Description

xviii, 327 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

• The purpose of this book is to showcase a range of approaches that consider learning and collaboration as central processes in natural resource governance, innovation and development. It calls for a fundamental reappraisal of many of the accepted ways of thinking, through the analyses of the experiences of pioneering practitioners and researchers who have attempted to advance adaptive collaborative approaches in practice. Despite these being generated in different institutional domains with somewhat diverse epistemological and policy orientations, the authors show that there are common themes among these approaches.
• The book presents a review of various adaptive and collaborative approaches developed to cope with the social and biophysical complexity of natural resource systems, and highlights the challenges faced by practitioners. It includes case studies from Bangladesh, Ecuador, Nepal and Zimbabwe and contexts ranging from farmer field schools, to floodplain management and community forestry. The authors provide rich accounts of how adaptive collaborative approaches were applied to synergise different types of learning, foster collaboration among stakeholders, and nurture innovative development processes.
• It concludes that perspectives that have served us well in the past-such as participation, decentralization and empowerment - need to be re-thought. Through its introduction and conclusion chapters, the book establishes a clear theoretical approach and identifies a set of practical methodologies for combining different systems of knowledge in a way that generates and maximizes innovation and the translation of research into practice. Book jacket.

Series Statement

Earthscan studies in natural resource management

Uniform Title

Earthscan studies in natural resource management

Subject

• Ressourcenmanagement
• Natürliche Ressourcen
• Kooperation
• Governance
• Natural resources > Government policy
• Natural resources > Management
• Natural resources > Citizen participation
• Agriculture and state
• Agriculture > Management
• Agriculture > Citizen participation
• Cooperation
• Political participation
• Learning
• Technological innovations

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Note

• "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Adaptive Collaborative Approaches in Natural Resource Governance : An Introduction / Hemant Ojha, Andy Hall, and Rasheed Sulaiman V. -- Adaptive Collaborative Approaches : Traditions, Foundations and Frontiers / Hemant R. Ojha and Andy Hall -- The Ups and Downs of Institutional Learning : Reflections on the Emergence and Conduct of Adaptive Collaborative Management at the Center for International Forestry Research / Carol J. Pierce Colfer -- Learning in the Social Wild : Farmers Field School and the Politics of Agricultural Science and Development in Ecuador / Stephen Sherwood, Marc Schut, and Cees Leeuwis -- Learning through Networking : Enabling an Adaptive Learning Network of Local Communities for Integrated Floodplain Management in Bangladesh / Parvin Sultana and Paul Thompson -- Learning in the Contested Landscapes : Applying Adaptive Collaborative Management in Forested Landscapes of Zimbabwe / Tendayi Mutimukuru-Maravanyika and Frank Matose -- Learning to Improve Livelihoods : Applying Adaptive Collaborative Approach to Forest Governance in Nepal / Maniram Banjade -- Learning through Action : Reflections on Action Research in Natural Resource Management / Robert Fisher -- Confronting Challenges in Applying Adaptive Collaborative Approaches : Lessons from Practice / Hemant Ojha and Andy Hall -- Moving forward with Adaptive Collaborative Approaches / Hemant R Ojha, Andy Hall, and Rasheed Sulaiman V.

ISBN

• 9780415696531 (hbk.)
• 0415696534 (hbk.)
• 9780415699105 (pbk.)
• 041569910X (pbk.)
• 9780203136294 (ebook)
• 0203136292 (ebook)

LCCN

^^2012000004

OCLC

• 761380290
• SCSB-11361429

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library