Search for dissertations about: "Governance natural resources"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 63 swedish dissertations containing the words Governance natural resources.

2. 1. Social learning in the Anthropocene : Governance of natural resources in human dominated systems

   Author : Björn Nykvist; Jon Norberg; Marianne Krasny; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; social learning; multi-level governance; resilience; adaptability; natural resource management; institutions; policy making; impact assessments; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

   Abstract : We live in the Anthropocene – an age where humans dominate natural systems – and there is ample evidence that our current practices degrade the capacity of natural systems to provide us with natural resources. How we, as humans, organize and learn, in communities and among state and other societal actors, constitute a decisive factor for both local management of natural resources and the functioning of the planet Earth. READ MORE

4. 2. Forest water governance : challenges in cross-sectoral and multi-level collaboration

   Author : Irina Mancheva; Katarina Eckerberg; Anna Zachrisson; Susan Baker; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Forest water; Governance; Cross-sectoral governance; Multi-level governance; Governance mode; Collaborative governance; Natural resource management; Environmental policy; Water Framework Directive;

   Abstract : Forests and water are highly interconnected with forestry practices negatively affecting forest water. In the last five decades, the Swedish state has enacted multiple policy changes and allocated significant resources towards the implementation of soft policy instruments to alleviate the effects on forest water. READ MORE

5. 3. Dialogue and revolution : fostering legitimate stakeholder agency in natural resource governance

   Author : Rasmus Klocker Larsen; C. Leeuwis; Neil Dr.; Wageningen University; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; natural resources; resource management; stakeholders; participation; governance;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how people exert their agency in policy processes that pertain to natural resource governance, and how they construct the required sense of legitimacy for such actions. It also examines the manner in which facilitated multi-stakeholder processes foster legitimate stakeholder agency, and reflects on how they may ensure the rigour of research interventions in situations characterised by intractable uncertainty and controversy. READ MORE

6. 4. Deep Roots and Tangled Branches : Bureaucracy and Collaboration in Natural Resource Governance in South India

   Author : Marcus Wangel; Hans Blomkvist; Nils Hertting; Daniel Nohrstedt; Victor Galaz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; collaboration; networks; governance; development administration; bureaucracy; public officials; roles; institutional analysis; informal institutions; rules-in-use; political ethnography; natural resource governance; forest governance; common pool resources; India; Kerala; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : This is a study about collaboration within bureaucracies tasked with natural resource management in the contemporary Global South. It seeks to fill a considerable knowledge gap in the extant literature by exploring how individual public officials perceive the policy environment they work in. READ MORE

7. 5. Social-ecological resilience and planning: an interdisciplinary exploration

   Author : Cathy Wilkinson; Johan Colding; Thomas Elmqvist; Libby Porter; Yvonne Rydin; Catherine Wilkinson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social-ecological resilience; strategic spatial planning; urban governance; ecosystem services; Melbourne; Stockholm; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

   Abstract : Despite considerable expansion in the scope and function of the state with respect to environmental protection, the world’s biological diversity and ecosystem services continue to deteriorate. Finding ways to better govern human-nature relations in cities is an important part of addressing this decline. READ MORE